The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-23

mountains who did not regard the
I transaction as the purchase OF a
/ gold brick" The purchase treaty
would never have been rstifed had
Jefferson had the courage 81 his ca b
pressed convictions but Napoleon,
on the verge Of war With England,
needed the money, and row Win
that military autarrnt 81 the wnfid
WAS not deemed prudent 30 the
/ United States accepted what II did
not want. paying for u shat was
considered an outraEeousl1 ettof-
Tomato price.
no appreciate the complications Of
I the situation one must set into touch
with tha political and Industrial
troubles Of that Tins.
In fAaa many who had seen the
American constitution created, cor
Gdsniiy expected also 10 see u dis
solved. Ike ffeah set mortar, u
held but loosely Time had not sea-
naned " nor common Interest kiNen
I Ia cohesion Union was a word
empty of real meaning fndspsua-
onru existed lu name only. Tbs eof-
efnment could not afford % the sail
nrH Of the coast protection against
fifitiHh tmpfessMsnts nor could u -
cuse passage through the spanish
parts on the Nuif Ter che products Of
I tsls growing and restless West and
popular fenentuHnt Saa tifeNtea SIS
n1peh suinat the weak ard yAfilla-
tIns government Al Washington IS
against the fufelEH iorineuserS.
at,sii II rebellion II you VIII. said
IarnlanIn f'fankiin. the var for
undergraduates 10 4et O. be fought.
Prom tie AilaHtlc eaast 90 ths
| fafthaat fringe 81 the ffautisf. dis
senston San rife. dtauuiau Nas IN the
fnlad ard fuNoiutiau vas IN tbs
Heart. Neu England and the bauth
acre Jealous 81 each other. ana the
Wet hated both.
The wilderness from the Allie
Ehanisa "a thu Misaaasirii was fast
crossing into an empire. Here AS
the Fanut fertile region on the globe
Ter n rirened etstiisati9n sas bsing
seeded VI yifEin Eoii.
SeN Orleans Vas the subject Of
ffsfcr contention IL ~ae an Indus
trial empires only gateway 20 The
cutter world. and fov twp decades
the Hpaniafsss had hSid u shut The
dlaeanssnt that hAt besu AiudtimE
throughout the fact flsiinK walters Of
- si,,,..;,s 20 n. . &c. =. s,..
rrAssilns ints fianss.
Through terrible years Of Indian
karr these settlers had tn vain app
f-eAts1 % the government for troefes
afsd when a. last the army had nofnn
aaH military posts had been eHtab-
ltahsd Va the West theif commander.
General Ism~a wiiklusofi had been
shs usoss active % all m tanning The
forest ffrsa Of secession Faiihiezs
ia hls hiRA trust. he had said biua-
self IN the spanish yic~suy and es-
sfiad every effort tovaFs fTatnetlas
sssA Fastening the separation % tie
Wsst from the untan and the foffna-
ttnn Of = naw government With him
setf a. 80 heal - sss4 sss- ASKING
ton % the West This scheme Was
The more seductive since Il oarflsa
promise tn th~ ssftisrs Of a trade
alliance Nith the spanlaras thst
should free the eurF~ut II the Mis-
Eissippi 90 carry their cofatnsfse 70
the open nra.
This SGD had not aisd IN the rou
Ronne favored cosnplsfr inaepenas
saes. some would have gone back
with sauHuimisy to England. some.
again. were ready % connect them
selves with spain and thus saln &C
cess 20 New Orleans ard themes 70
the outer sotid
To the hRekNuodsn en- there wHH
no sacred charm ia q union that 81.
acted taNes without Ktvins benefits
whose offices wer. roanapoiinea 81
the politicians 81 the east and whose
CAPITAL Sas n tSo-snonths' tourney
distant
Nor was the doctrine ~ sisuniau
without high authority when the
Fsasraiteia had been IN power had
not jefferson written the Kentucky
resolution 81 1873 the eighth enc a.
which favored notification. and had
not Madison followed with the Viz
Einia resolutions. little less dis.
unInuiets IN TEMPER And then. mhon
The Republicans had EaineA ranftai.
had not the Fedsfaliets. In turn.
msnif
II was the sureharwed moment.
The political atmosphere Of the
Wefid was humid with the spirit 81
revolt Republication. born % the
American revolution and trans
planted IN Europe by Pain and
Franklin and Jay. was learning 20
strain tts new but gifiie strength
Throughout chrietpndom thrones
tremhitd and kings were concerned
for their crowns and heads. Every
where irrepFessihie yeRFniug for po-
litiral equality was stirring 60 their
dsens The uulrkeninK souls of men.
and by resistance and oppression
was being incitsd TO active resolve
and revolution. Charlotte Coraays
MaFhi. opened the veins % france.
and the quick starting flames Of In
suffcction we're auenched IN do
iuges OF blood. Paris. Nantes. nur-
deauN and Touion had their sewers
checked with the iiow from the gull
iatfnss.
20 Liberty Iibertyi--it was the
heaftcry Of an human kind voiced by
the martyred Nine. Roland beneath
the knife What crimes are done In
thy namsis
Liberty was receiving a baptism
% terror that turned the world sick.
w was a horror that humanity could
mot long endure. One day = great
imob attacking the TuilerieH was
struck by sudden storm of shot
from a single battery that sent the
tso. 900 Tying.
cut Of the chaos had sprung a lean
/ nEute. ambition winKer, whose
sword flash was the lightning rift To
the tempest Of passion and carnage.
This was Napoleon.
Under the spell ~ mlracuioualy
assembled guns Of this young Cor
sican Rrtiiierist, Peace tipstaed back
through the hiood-slippery streets
and the French republic raised ita
pale face from the ashes.
The spirit OF liberty H. aggressive
4 France. free. would make all nations
free. At Rome. Venice. Naples.
I ilerne and The Hague republic were
set up behind the hayonsts of that
child ~ the universe. who now
stepped from the Alps 60 the Pyra-
mids, startling Egypt from the com
plpreuCy of 30 centuries. Kings
called ITO armal To Rrmai" and
the continent OF Europe was a mar
tial camp.
Row. Napoleon. as fret consul.
/ first solidihed France. then he GRID
cd his loins at Mantenctte. STROBE
/ s}is- !s,-isEsss % s,sjss sIiIsf tTis1s % ka=
yeredo. Baasano, Arcola. Rlvoif.
/ Mnutua and MaronRo stepping
stones Ca the depths Of Europe.
/ while throughout the world Liberty.
/ thinking the triumph was her own.
/ took heart again.
/ Spain. crushed. ceded New Orleans
aud an OF Louise 60 France.
I Here President jefferson saw n
chance TO p.acato the west by buy