Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-02
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by the Orinoco river. the life Of Robinson
Crusoe. Unknown to Europe, far from any
neighbors. by the shade of the painless
forest, they tried their best; they died,
many Of them obscurely, leaving no name
to be engraved on the bronze tablets of
history, but leaving better than a mere
name, families, many OF which still subsist;
better than families, examples of earnest
ness and endurance, creating a tradition
which will never die out. ''Rien ne Sc
perd"
The question Of labor was one of promi-
nent difnculty and Importance. Should 1t
be the hired labor OF freemen or the com
this, one of those early French explorers,
Charlevoix, summed up his opinion in the
ants should be preferred. When the time of
their service Is expired they become in
habitants and increase the number of the
!! kings natural subjects, whereas the slaves
are always strangers. And who can be as
sured that by continually increasing In our
colonies they will not one day become
formidable enemies7 Can we depend upon
slaves who are only attached to us by fear
and for whom the very land where. they are
born has not the dear name OF mother
country2'
Years went on. the dark shadows and
splendid rays of light with which French
history is ~interwoven shone and vanished
In their grand and awful alternance. One
day the French flag was lowered in Louisi-
years war. Another day the same flag was
seen on the mast of a small vessel leaving
the harbor, at Bordeaux, and, sailing for
America, the ship happened to bear the
auspieious name Of Victoire," and 1t
Of 177s, and the coming, on the same year,
of the first envoy accredited by any nation
to this country, my predecessor, Gerard de
with the assent Of the whole world, to the
Joy OF every French heart, thirteen stars
France followed It's destinies. In 1900
Louisiana was French again; three years
later, on the spontaneous proposal Of the
not a mere strip of land, but the whole
country became forever American.
and ah' a 're day s asO had one few RSnd Pfece SeaFs
larger than the empire Of Alexander;
by no shedding of human blood, the new
possessors got a hundred times more than
they even thought of demanding and the
negotiations were 50 simple, the good faith
and mutual friendship so obvious, that all
was concluded in a fortnight. The simplest
takes nowadays more time. Each partS
found its interest in the transaction, but
to a speedy conclusion, and that was the
deep-rooted sympathy OF the French and
American nations.
Friendship Prompts Treaty.
Money was paid, 1t is true, but had this
been the main consideration Louisiana
would have been preserved, for the money
buildings and lands belonging to the state
Part Of the money was employed in satis-
An impending war in Europe, the posi-
Pilties OF an occupation OF Louisiana by a
motive. In the council held at the TuiIer-
les on Easter day, 1893, the faithful friend
prince Of wagram, Berthier' whose drst
war had been the war of American inde-
taken away from us by our rivals. what
does II matter? Other possessions would
soon be in our hands, and by means of an
tuition" He concluded: mo navy without
colonies, no colonies without a navy"
ADD again that the value Of Louisiana
been before. II know the worth Of what I
give up" said Bonaparte-and the French
With open eyes, for they had taken care,
from the year of 1900, to gather all available
The main motive power, without which
all the others would have been Of no avail
was indeed mutual sympathy. When the
Barbe-Marbois, Monroe and Livingston,
who had known each other in America at
and what is rare on such Occasions. one
OF them was able to express in a single
sentence the intimate feelings Of the three.
The treaties which we have Just signed, -
said Livingston, will cause no tears; they
prepare centuries Of happiness to nnumer-
ulbio bOhCl alAOiH VI human DeLnGE. from
this day the United States take their place
among the powers OF the first rank"
40 not think that ;here is another ex-
~cession of such vast territories thus oba
tanned by the representatives of one OF the
other. y" '"e
Seeing the results. my countrymen have
Francois" The Year isus no is tn the Pf t5Frs
france and America. In T SiytnS tbs o 'Tfn,ss1
States, according to the words OF vonT
p pSwsrs IN the inei wd Rlsie 1s sd%a0SnISS the h%tb greatest les!
IT'S and 17S2 "
Spain Points the Path.
Following the "Hallelujah Chorus'' from
the Messiah, which was given by the band,
Senior Don Emelio de ojedo Of the Spanish
embassy delivered an address, in part as
follows:
] feel could not raise to the natural
glories OF Spain a loftier monument thar
Prescott. Lowell and TicFnoT. Which bayS,
made Of Spanish tradition a familiar patri.
II ever the enRrossinR consciousness o.
. your wonderful Actual prosperity. the in.
I sensIiy OF your ne; made one Of YOU
owes to our past. let him ascend the step.
Of your national capitol and pause befor,
carved in bronze, the eflgies and the names
3 Of these SPANISH heroes. who discovered
I conquered and, pointed to you the way int
) the path YOU have so steadily followed.
The exercises were closed by a benedic.
tion pronounced by Rev. Samuel j. N~iecolls
and as the distinguished guests left tn,
hall a salute Of 100 guns was fred.
T The evening was devoted to a secont
pyrotechnie display.
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