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

% OUT tAhAAHfttfA u wv UNIV -
With Napoleon. Ia which that gentle.
man was outwittssf and induced Il
sell "a mighty empire Tor a mefs
song.
All this IL very pleasant TO heal
aud u lends peculiar interest 10 tbs
dedication Of the 81 Louis expos
ton nut tt'ia unmiiigatcd rot
~ Il WAS for a SONG that Napoleon
sold g. certainly 50 Was "a dnlefs
song that our Statesmen put ~ u
payment
cries 81 amusement and wrath re.
sounded from one ond ~ the coun.
try 10 the other President Jefferson
himself was the first 90 resent whal
he called the unwafranicd asHuup.
ton OF authority upon the part u
our ambassadors. Livingston ana
Monroe, who made the deal
II the accredited utteranres Of thai
day are authentic the careful stu
dent must conclude that there were
hardly a half dozen prominent men
in the country east OF the Allegheny
mountains who did not regard ths
gold brick The purchase treaty
would never have been fatlned had
jefferson had the courage ~ bis 81
pressed convictions, hut Napoleon
on the verge af war with England
needed the money. ana a row viii
that military autocrat ~ this world
was not dreu.ed prudent - tbs
United States accepted what u did
not want. paying Tor u what va
considered an outfaEeouHly ehtors
tionhto price
~ appreciate the complications Of
the situation one must ct into touch
with the political ana Industrial
troubles Of that time.
o. 1908 many who had seen ths
American constitution created, con
ndertiy expected atso 10 see u atHs
solved. Like fresh SCI mortar. II
hello but loosely Time had not sea
safied II nor common interest given
a cohesion. Union was word
empty 81 real meaning indepeud
sncs existed Ia name only, The guY-
lsrnmsnt could not afford TO the sail
ors OF the caast protection against
british lmnrsaamsnt, NOT could Il - :
cure passage through tbs Spanish
porte on tha gulf for the products 81
the growing and restless West, and
popular neNisnfmeut Was directed a.
much atfainat the weak and yAcilla
ting suVsfnmenf at Wnshiu sian -
against tire foreign tuFmentofs.
~gaii " rebellion II you VIII saia
BENJAMIN Franklin. "the war fai
indoprndehee II yet 10 be fought
PROM tie Atlantic coast 10 Tbs
furthsst felnKs Of the fruntisr. de.
mension vas rife. diHanion was IN ths
| mind Rna revolution was W thf
hsAft NV England and the south
we're Jealous Of ssaeh other. ana the
wost hated both.
Th~ wilderness from the Ale
Fhsnios r. the Nlssisapri was fast
| HFuetnx into an empire. Here = ss
! fhs most fertile TsEian on sae glats-
Ter a rirsned civilization was heins
scedsd III a virgin soil
New ORLEANS Naa the subject 81
slerce cuntantian IL Ghn an indus.
| trial empires only gateway % tbs
I cutter world, ard for two decades
/ the Nphuiarda had held u shut tbs
y - - :. : . " .rSN Assc>ss
/ throughout the fast filling valleys 81
| The Ohio. the KanaWha. the Cum
bsfiaud and the Tenussssa Nas
| cracking Into flame.
Through terrible years % Indian
vars these settlers had tn vain an.
praied "a the government fer troofN.
! and when AZ last the army had come
I Ana military posts had been eatahs
ashsd in the West. their commander
| General James NiIkinn0n. had beet
the most active Of all IN tanning the
| frsr.a firss Of secession Falthi~es
b. hts hiEh trust. he had soid hin.
sslf To the spanish yiefroy and es-
srted every sfIoft toward prometinK
and Fastening the separation ~ the
/ Wcsf from tho t'atun ana the forfua
fion % a new government with hifn-
| srlf al itn hesd "a tho Washing
tou OF the West This scheme was
the more seductive since " carried
promise to the settlers Of trade
| alliance with the Epaniartfs that
should free the current 81 the Mis-.
sissippi 10 carry their commerce q
the open SEA.
This sssd had not dlsd I'm the soil
Some favored complete indep<na
snce. some wuaid have gone hack
with eaaanifnity 10 England. some
again. were ready 20 connect them
selves with Spain and thus Eain ae-
cess TO New Orleans and thence q
the outer world.
To the backwaodsmen there was
no sacred charm in a union that e.
acted tares without giving BENEFITS
whose offices were manopoiixed b
the politicians Of the east ard whosf
capital vas two-Inunths' journey
distant
Nor was the doctrine OF disurlon
without high authority when the
FcdcraiistH had been In power had
not Jefferson written the Ksnincky
resolution % iTas. the eighth one Of
which favored publication. and had
no, Madison followed with the Viz
ririe fe-ziisifteas iiftin is=a esz
snionisis IN temper And then when
the Republicans had gained control
4HmA s..T E7.a4ss~.fa.na -.
talked secession without conceal
mcnt7
II was The surcbarrod moment
The political atmosphere % the
world was humid with the spirit Of
revolt, Republication. born o. the
American revolution and trans
planted IN Fsifor- by Pain and
Franklin and Jay. was learning q
stain its new but vlrile strength
Throughout christendom thrones
trembied and kings were concerned
for their crowns and heads Every
where irrepfessshie yenrning Tor pa-
iitical equality was stirring 90 thair
despA the duiekeninR souls Of men
and by resistance and oppression
was being melted 70 active resolve
and revolution. Charlotte Curdny'f
polnRrd. thrust to the heart oi
tAANNAa WNsfHNA tn NfiIlM OF IIAAAAE
and the quick starting flames OF in
surrection we're quenched IN de-
luReH 81 blood. Paris. Nantes, uor-
deaus and Tauiun had their sewers
ehoked with the flow from the gull.
iotinea.
20 Liberty Ifbertyi"--it was ths
hceriery nf all human kind voiced rs
the martyred Nine. Roland beneath
the knife-"what crimes are done In
thy namei"
Liberty was receiving baptism
Of terror that turned the world sick
u was a horror that humanity could
not long endure one day great
nob attacking the Tuilcrics wa
struck by n sudden storm OF shot
from q single battery that sent TIA,
70. 900 dying
out Of the chaos had sprung a lear
fKurc. ambition winEcr. whose
sword fash was the lightning rift Il
the tempest Of passion and carnage
This wns Napoleon.
Under the spell Of mlrRculously
assembled guns OF this young Cor,
Hican artiliefist. Peace tip-toed bnet
through the blood slippery street,
and the French republic raised Ia
ipuie face from the ashes.
II The spirit OF liberty ~ aggressive
1'rance. free. would make all natianl
lfree. Al Rome. Venice, Naples
Ficrne and The Hague republic wers