The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-25

Z his History 0t louisiana are ihr mos
important features ot ,1e WORK Wr'.'''
hy him as ;he repres au,a,ivt % NalN
leon in making the LOUISIANA tyeNN
thar the attitude o. France might o'
au,hen.cally recorded. lt S scarcely -
7 interes lug &, follow his rerovNs W 'A
Z discussions ~ the boundaries ot h'
territory vetei. ana 90 note his acute
though Suosle Sugg' tons ~ iar vcAsNle
~ state policy which. on ,Ne par, o'l'
" France and The Cnite3 states, gov
erned the final dsc!sion so leave th'
boundary clause indefinite,
In this connection. the map " The
the Treaty and It's Results" giNeu eY
the Treaty and It's Results gwen Ay
! Marbols In the first edition OF hts work
: (Ais,Oire lie IA I.1u.si1ue, Paris, Dido.
I lSsN is perhaps the most Important
/ single document u the period IN Am2ri-
can his;try with which Il deals u is
Z nrin;ed In white. green and ligh; yel.
f low, In white he gives he Unia ii
( states east ~ the Mississippi and on
( The south cut of ram the Gu,t 2t wha.
Is now the noryh line NJ Florida, Flor
Ida he prints In yellow 20 suggtS. ;hN
important fact. now gerer1lly overlook
sd. thai. though no part 0t lt vas In.
cluded in the treaty is cess'or So ;Ae
United States was a direct resul, "
negotiations" which began iumedi-
atelv after the cesSiOn " Louisiana Ini
sndei in 1891 BY the king u SPANS re-
luc,an: ratification If the treaty " crs-
sion which had been agreed on In lNla.
As result of the louisiana treaty.
the United States was Al once involved
with Spain. both o1 that east and Wse,.
and the 'roDps Of both countries were
kept In readiness near the disputed
boundaries Texas and all he territory
afterwards cedei by Mexico up 80 the
north line Of California Mlrhois prints
in white. and labels Il Mexico. Old
and New" 20 illustrate his view that it
was not n ,iudei even by implication
In the Indefinite boundaries u Loulsi-
ana territory. The Northwest Pacific
states. formed from what was once ore
gon territory, he prints IN green of ;he
same shade which he extends from the
Gulf % Mexico a, the mouth o., the
Mississippi 10 the Pacific. which he
calls he Grand ocean
It was specially in this direction that
the ildsdni:ensss of the boundary was
United States and 10 France-to the
United States which by exploration
could press claim OF righ; by discovery
and Occup ition. supp prted II necessary
by a claim based on the Louisiana ces-
sion: and 10 France (then about 10 BE-
attacked by England in violation NJ the
treaty Of Amlens). because the claims
OF England to the territory OF the
NOr-hwest Pacific would tend 70 force
the United States ana England into a
hostile attitude.
Marbols makes Il clear ,ha; this idea
was fully defined In Napoleons mind
white the treaty was still under discus
sion. As the French plenipotentiary
and Napoleon's confidential adviser, hs |
reported 10 the First Consul what had |
been said Of the uncertainties OF the |
In giving an account 70 |
the First Consul Of the proceeding ~ |
the conference. he writes: The French |
negotlatpr (Marbols himself pointed |
our 10 him the obscurity OF this article. |
and the Inconvenience u a stiDulati0u |
50 Uncertain" In answer 20 his nbser- |
vltl1n. he had this response: II the |
nbscuri'y was not there already. per- |
haDs I, would be good politics 20 put |
IL there
Thu meaning Of Nepoleon's idea % |
good politics" Mlrbois illustrates In |
the sentence preceding this. The /
coast ~ the Pacific were certainly not |
comprised in tha cessi11 But already |
he United States are established there"
The color scheme n this map which
Illustrates this idea by giving the same
tin. 10 the territory ives. Of The Rocky I
mountains as 20 ma. on the east he
jefnes carfully by the labelling ~ the
map West Of the Rockies. he country
u which the Columbia river "a the
Northern boundary nov the state ~
occupied by t1- United States
N consequence Of the treaty ~ cassi11
u LOUISIANA" while that part 0f the
Vi ''Oreg5n Territory which g. row
he stat u Washington. H. labels As
n dispute between Engllnf and the
'n''el S.a,es-1 dispute which Illus
rated Nap1le1nir good politics" by
until it had its climax .1
hA famous 'Fiftv-f1ur Forty m
Tght" which he a.Ntsra,ive el1qu.qc. |
v william Allen. IN iSH. mad the
slogan Of a presidential campaign
At the time 0f the negotiations with
Monroe and Liv'ng-r0n which Mar50.s
J reporting the Lewis and Clark expo
ition was already preparing 90 -ypl u.
he country from s. Louis - Astoria
undoubtedly with q view NJ lts ult.m3t-
fac. which lani- an adj I
n interest," t1 what Marbois SAYS " th-
There had been hIstrca.
nj iill1m1tIr r-sea -ohes concerning
Irst occupl.iDn and first acts NJ
Overignty over IT," ha writes. but az
f;en happens In such cases n. r--uI. II
vas that travellers and historians hal
sft nothing but vague and general +,
deas on the subject Thy had re'd'nI
My the accidents Of naHgatIons. NJ
ne acts Of occupation ~ which aun ra- :
ict)ry acts could De opposed According !
o the ancient records. the blsnOpr'rk
4 New Orleans extended 10 th- Pacific
nd it was inCJn establa thar tho do q
esan boundaries were thus eygr .ssed !
Bur this was based on little basIdes
Ope. and the savages of he country | {
3d never even suspected the aprri.uaI | r
uris1ctiOn which was supposedly ey- I
rcisef over them Moreover they hal | .
Othing In common with dominion anI
rOpriet0rs1ip. An important rl'n' vas d
IN iarej undabatrabla by rha fa.. thar.
ccor1ing 70 treaties rhan existing the g
curse of the Mss.sslry' lU l.s I.goen' 2
o tte thirty-frst parallel, he city N a
Jew Orleans, formed h Inc " sepsra- l
ion, leaving 10 the United statcs all m b
he left " The river To the rlgh, on q
h. contrary were vast regions without a
sr1n.iars-slth1ugh France Z
sd hitherto occupied a great part ~ o.
hem IN what wag called T1pe- LJuIsl- q
na This was more particularly the q
Duntry south u the Missouri n
THE boundaries NJ louisiana and ! d
florida. south Of the fhlrty-Grf degree o
ave some room fOr disUu.. They rad | n
1me importance because u he pr1xlm- S
V nf fha aaa AM III. rnnut. Il tha a