The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-19

I Of Louisiana and Florida was essential to
| the perpetuity of the American Union
| This indisputable proof OF the earliest ana
/ dearest, the most progressive ana aggres'
7 sive declarations In favor OF the possession
OF this enormous contiguous territory makes
Hamilton the chief promoter OF tqe LOuisl'
ana acquisition, unless we hnd that prior
TO 1903 other statesmen went farther In
this desirable direction. This many-sidFd
genius was at this time the ranking major
general OF the United states army, next IN
authority TO Washington by that matchleSs
hcrOs own choice and lnslstance.
ihc Na,chez district. 0nulmed to us by
the Pinckney treaty with spain, ala not
come into the full possession OF the United
States until 1858. In a message to COLI
gfess dated June - 1881. President
Adams said This country is rendered
peculiarly valuable by Its inhabitants, who
are represented to amount TO nearly 1000
generally well affected and much attached
to the United states. aud zealous for the
establishment Of a government under heir
authority / therefore recommend to your
consideration the eNpedency OF erecting
government In the di trict OF the Natchez,
similar TO that estahli he'd for the territory
northwest OF the river ONO, but with cor.
tain notifications relative to Titles or
claims Of lnud, whether OF individuals or
companies, or % claims Of jurisdiction OF
any individual state.
Inc observation-disclosures Natchcz dis
trict. which became the Mississippi terri
terry, was bounded on the west by the great
riyor. on The south by The Thirty drst paral-
drawn due east from the mouth " the
Yazon to the Chattahoochy river its east
crn boundary.
We shall only epitomze the many pages
Of history relating to the reluctant trans
fer by Spain OF o region which was ours
by plain treaty stipulation. II was q tooth
pulling aeonizing process Tho American
commissioner was Colonel Andrew Elilcntt
Ing OUT and surveying the city Of Wash
ington. lie WAS ably as lsted In his dell
cate mission by Jwo brave nnd dlscrete
officers. captain Isaac Guion and Licutcn-
ant Piercy 3. Pope.
Colonel Ellcott established his camp on
an omincnoc IN Natchez about Eve hundr Il
yards from the wcliglrriscued Fort Pan
mrlc. Here ne displayed mast high the
la, Of the United states, demanded the
surrender OF the fort, and declining the
many polite invitations TO 20 TO New or
'enns and elsewhere, announced THAT he
would not move. except 10 the point where
hc WAC to begin surveying the line Of de
Wayne had sent Lieutenant Pope with
forty men to occupy post within sup.
porting distance. Tho gallant Pope re-
ported 10 the resolute Ellrot his rcadi-
ness Tor action That both soldiers We're
heroes appears from lct'rr addressed no
his IL eliuw Citizens OF he District OF
N"trhe1' lT Pope approved by. tu.ratt,
in watch the former declares ~ viii at
United Stato7 from every acr Of hostility"
This courageous course Of action in thn
presence of such superior Spanish forcr
brought 2 happH issue ont Of one Of the
most srr0us uf our many differences with
Spain. Ggyoeo dc Lcmus the Spanish COM
missioner who became governor OF lous-
ana while these troubles were pending,
Wns ir Nrilacc. decentralization aud pre-
vnticatiou, a past grand muster. To post
pnnc delivering the district and TO stgye
on thr Inevitable hour he had 20 20 TO
New Orlc,ns pretend I'm havc no instruc-
tiors; had asked for Instructions and must
avail their arrival; was threatened with