The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-06-30

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one Of his frs steps toward that cid
AS Secretary O. State. after bis re<nrn
from the French mission. his fear was
that France. knowfnx the anxiety Of
the United States To keep any struaE
power our o. Louisfzna. might eoaduc<
secret negotiations with Spain 10 serve
its own purpose He knew Sapoie0n
70 be. unlike the weaker Louis OF 1858.
ready TO fight the English anywhere
and seeking Conflict With them in the
Mexican Sea. where France was bald
ing up an fnsUiar colonialism- The
control Of the gulf was becoming ne
cessary to France. and the control Of
the Mississippi was a necessary part
of thar control
Napoleon had three things TO gain
By the possession OF the territory
the command Of the gulf. the supply
Of the islands owned by France and q
large colony for the besfoval OF sur
plus population So that. at St 1del-
fonso. on the morning Of the 1st OF
October. 1900. the treaty of retroces-
sion was signed by Spain This treaty
was kept secret while the French TT
ted out an expedition to sail and take
sudden possession OF the reacQuirsd
territory But the United States has
sharp ears. and Minister Livingston
beset the cabinet OF the First Consul
at Paris. He exhausted all the arts
Of diplomacy in giving the French
every possible assurance of our friend
ships as against the British, and in
timated that the acquisition OF Loui-
siana by France would be regarded
by the United States as an unfriendly
act and not a guarantee OF future good
relations. such as il would be the po-
hcy and pleasure OF the United States
to maintain England is advised OF the
negotiations and evinces an interest.
and an activity in efforts to embroil
the two countries. which finally forces
Napoleon 10 an abrupt decision He
tells his counselors. on Easter Sunday
1908. his resolve in these words:
know the full value OF Louisiana, and
/ have been DESTROYS of preparing the
fault of the French negotiator who
abandoned it in 1863. A few lines of
q treaty have restored it to me, and
I Il =
pect TO lose it But il it escapes
from me it shall one day cost dearer
to those who oblige me to strip my
self of it than to those to whom
wish to deliver it.
Hardly had the country passed into
the hands of the United States Govern
ment ere intrigue was again busy with
its fortune and destiny The Burr con-
spiracy had for its object OF conquest
all of the Louisiana territory. through
the disaffections of Frenchmen, the de
sire for independence of the United
States among some former Americans
who had settled west of the river be
fore the acquisition and who were
suspected of implication with the
Spanish conspiracy of fifteen years
earlier. whatever its ultimate designs
concerning Mexico may have been. AT
that time it was much doubted wheth-
er the country could be held loyal to
the Washington government, and
If Burr's conspiracy had not been sd
promptly nipped the conspirator might
have raised a force it would not have
been an easy matter TO disperse. The
danger was met so promptly than
when the British, less than ten years
later. hoped to find some disafYection
in the Mississippi Valley. they met q
reception at New Orleans which con-
vinced them of the futility of such
hopes.