The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-26
,-orv OF LOUISIANA.

p.,.sions TO the
Y Its Ke,"c
IpdIsna ts.-The following
I'''s s I. address delivered be-
81 O y. teal association yes
ir'' p'r n,a,ev @. wooten. its
H'n'
rsl'' : ,ss recent interest ex-
sH'a y ~. - by the proposed
y sp,', ss,oosltlon at St. Louis,
Nj NV ..nn,al Of the acquisl-
" !he w !, .,uisiana by Mr..
A Ttrritory " ,n,,er discuss
\ 1893. the ne"sp $3.50 :,
-a.s,Osed a great CONFUSION VI
I, sssr, TO indicate that very
rsaia .,,,p exists In regard
rtie lniorns''S ~, raso,rtion In
,,oric event. Inc reso,u
Nm ia the late legislature re-
- 49,, many able statesmen
b i'c' '"'' ..r,oa that Texas
.slirs have as' 10 n,,r
custltuted part Vi Wv
r,,nce In 1903, seems to nave
quarters as declara-
hrd " son', a,n,antion. 1t IL
\. uath Of tna' 49,
4. aur early statesmen anu uip'o
~ Jefferson, Mr.. Clay,
n' ceneral Jackson and
III Aoahis' .,at tha
van Buren,. dia con'enu
.,,,seu the Red river ana the
IL fairly included in the
~ ' ss and that Texas was
.s' =, tha United States prior
irsss ~ in 1s45. So firmly
~ ~. nrevail that during the
'falua iors incident to the an
e- -tsss N The Union, It was the
's ,,."rsa, habit of American
y aa ,stsrs 10 sneak of the ad-
y ~ as the remuneration Of
tho most capable modern
w ,atloweed that idea and
a luna the fact to be that the
~ !, Teyas by the treaty of
Wy. WI, v,s a practical surrender
n Wv .n,,ai right OF ownership
Ns sas.ss in the United States by
~. '' ram NAPOLEON In 1903. 1t ia
~, ana one thoroughly char
~. IA enirmatical temper of
,'',,, man that when Bonaparte.
$50 ..,i cama N dictate the terms
i, which he oeded Louisiana
s,s s,atee his secretary. the
e,A.ls called his attention to the
W ,.,l,udinous limits of the
=, ~ sautbwest and suggested
~, -, ssr,ainty in the boundary be
unorsunon the "man of many
"a one nurnose'' replied that
,.-s day he very convenient to
s,.nasry Indefinite referring no
N wall known desire TO re-
4, vas, rsgion he was being com
III win IN procure funds for
III rnrone in which event ne
.,,,,IIy seek tn claim for II the
m,.ihls limits Mr. wooten said
"A N, share IN tbe belief how
c,c,ie ,nd venerabIe that Teyas
,s.ssd in tha Toujsiana nurchase
r.,lo, n mat affsct must Of course
w an the idea that France orig
u,M Teyss nv right of discovery
I'm This IDEA must deriva Ire
,l,bs, from the axnIorations of
"a yovaeenrs nm the Mississinn,
,tisutsrlsss or from the axnadition
.;l,r q the Cbevaljer Ia saIIs Al
", hsy in ,ss5 No adaonate ~
IA an he nrsdicated an tba ale.
a h ths eypiorers In tho vaiIev ~,
ss;IDpl although thew laid claim
vlsl Win the Siscoversrs ~ thnan
lam the land the inaeination old
4 MI rsnsrallv asser7sd ownorsbin
I, nVst Catholic maiesties - Iii
IrlIry rom the noint NJ discoverv
xtlpg and the rising s,,r e s,,ss ;
suprebensiye but scarceiv tenahi
\ IL soIl N a who,e cnntinont J'e
kIsl nd unfort,,note eYnario,c Ms
hi form A much MOI s,,hs,on.ioI
.t,tAs French claim hIt On criticai
uatn Il will not he fornd ~ con
iMiect or satisfactorv aronnd e.,
ss ne territory n tba7 nourt W.
rr veil authentIcatea thot 500,
Fgis and explorations in This rasion
~ The coming NJ tba Eren oh
+ b tie mouth NJ the Iavaca hn
imtury and a half I'eav; n ~ "a, a,
kil Tie adventurous exneriane ne ~ =,
! L Yaca in 15es.tsee S, ~ 1enoes " =,
Bis shlpwrecked comnsnia5 S "n vere
Hril years imprisoned IN ~ To-
ID finally trayersad tbo oo,,n -,
on Galveston to tha nnner pis
De later exnsdtt,ons ~ tp I,'a, IVY
fliido, Espeio and otbsrs inara ni %
tii the Spanisrds IA iea'e ~
ii he prOyinns s'o rs n nap pretty wei
sas REASONABLY sam, 1jas Vi ,4h seA "a
it,iures, rs Indian trtho. ".n AZ A.
N for hal tinS ia y, 'rapes ana ~:
Ay we're nrinc,u ", eh'erprise !,
|ssat Of ali Snanis Ia' a,.. interesleu
Faa;u, constltn tsn,sH a. ai SCI, anc
|a to obtain treas,,r us ia aI, a,a
Eas crown and tha eh, 10 MI tne col
BY hat promisa as u IN s,. Oh spain
Arag yoId ' ans s,1 no fruitful sas i. FIELD
s III he early s i've. mad no at
DISCLAIMERS Of cas auneI y. wn'
Eesphsre, and u a sa Tarsl IN the West,
~ suited to- to n ns le%as apparently
ssnults and ba pastoral 10 or agricul'
|M made to aA psr no . \ mines a,.,s. no at.
aill,s the y,s permanently n .u, oceup!
|i'uh Of the RIo G eIresch OF plain'
sai priests NJ , baaS nae But tn.
Ea!h centuries b .ns o S.x.eenth ant
n d yestigated mi tbis o Zen. ana ex
'sn founded On ms IS region. Mis-
nrurslons were n MI, ,ns upper Ric
|s'uairy Of the sI I'm, MADE as far cas-
y Province took a., sS an . iron