Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-12-01


w. .t., accommodations upon all subjects |
- +ho ministers of our generous ally,
the king Of France; to undertake no'n
ing in the negotiations for peace .,
trootv without their knowledge aiiu
concurrence and ultimately to govern
Yourself by their advice and opinion'
MID Won ever hear such nonsensical ln-
structions as that?" ,. ..
But. Mr.. Jay. why are you plt'er d.
those instructlons2 Is not France oui
fr,ondp Does she not wish TO help Us
in every way? "No, emphatlcaliy NO.
answers John Jay. "France mas ne'e.
hcon our friend. France Joined US Ut
yorl,town not because she loVeu U.s.
but because she wanted TO huiliiii".o
bor national foe. France Is not oniy
onnosed TO our interests, but she wants
oii this land west of the Ohio river 10
.tov under British control. Why' oniy
49, othor dav the Count dAranda sug-
rested that our western Douhuai1 ~
ehould he the Ohio river ana the MIS-
o,se,nni river" But, Mr.. Jay, Wnae
r,cht have you to that land OF Tue
northwest? "What right! Indignantly
n,,oa the preat American diplomat
"Rv the right of conquest. have Sou
NOT read how George Rogers CLARK ieu
hio troons through that region anu
aoronolled the British general at De-
tro,t 70 surrender to hlm?" Well, ME-
Law what do you intend to DO! ~, III
| tend TO thwart the hostile macnIn"
/. nons of the French king. / shall hrse
c s,an treaty with the English con-
e n,iseioners without consulting lne
{ Tronch ministers. Then shall take
g thot treaty to the French kings hire-
y lings and say: Sign. You must Sisn ~ ~
r no branded as our nations enemies
: ,rd This is what John Jay, the greu'
s American diplomat, induced the Ainer-
a icon commissioners to do. 1nus VIC
II and that the great treaty OF Parls VI
ir 1888 was principally the direct wolM N
of two great American heroes-Ueoi -
h poyers clark. the backwoods dreamer
is and John Jay, the astute diplomat
st who dared to defy the direct oruers "
e. tho continental congress and who oar
I'd cd to thwart the plans OF ths rre"''
w minister Vergennes.
81 Nv friends. on this glorious lhanAS
We giving Sabbath let us think LOT "0
nd ,,ont what our government would nav
at noon had not these two American Lie
on roes set forward the nortn"eS'e,'
on boundary from the Ohio river 10 "
10 oroot lakes. Did you ever stop
Of th,nk what this government would
nd II we had been compelled 10 eio'
en frownine fortresses at Buffalo an
no plttsburg and Cincinnati and Loulsvii
an and Natchez and custom house onlci"
hod heen set to patrol the easter
chores Of the Ohio to keep the goods
Of our western country from enterli
ian Now York and Philadelphia duty lre'
s a The Louisiana Purchase
lad We must hurry in the discussion
md tbis interesting Thanksgiving tnen
der The next great geographical expansi
lete 20 which I would call your attenu
} Of is the Louisiana purchase. Inc
md d,roct cause of this purchase Is almC
He unknown to the majority OF Aneric
S in citizens And in order to give the
the +or,cal setting to this TRANSACTION
aris ebou first introduce to you as stran
anne and as weird a personality as ueo'
the pooore Clark. This man is not wh
CO. man. but a full blooded negro he
n a not living in France or SPAN OF III
in Trnited States, but in the Island
'inia Sonto Domingo. And yet this neg
ting thIs ev.slave. named Toussaint II
'rian rort,re whom Napoleon betrayed
this false promises and brutally star'eu
doath in the French dungeon OF
re- Joux. had as much to do WIN
the Louisiana purchase as Robert LiV'
lush ston or Thomas Jefferson tue ~
VI 90 dent. s.u
He sonto Domngoisan island OF the v
thir- Indies northeast of South America
pend +, moro commonly known as Hall
terri +ho "Ieland of the Mountains" In
} the pranhical area it Is about the siI
ment South Carolina. 1t is an tslanu
dark haautiful that it seems as though
ising, goddess Flora had come there
orror, rIop+al her most beautiful treas
steps and that the garden of Eden had
ed at od itself out of the green seas I
atrlck i,ieead Inv the azure of the blue
-ernor Here it was in the days OF hooesp
.antr and Marat and Danton, LED Oh ny
pedes- modern Spartacus called 1ous
,eorge rOuverture. that the slaves OF
4 can. island rose in their might and iC
n the FOR the honor of their manhoou
rarnor ,vomonhood and won their indel
nd no orca and called their brave lie
rlz ff Toussalnt rOuverture, their n"'
want chief That was in 1901. Under
20 the new regime so great was the
army. and prosperity of the island that
Gov. dell Phillips said: "A child WIN
h,a vi. of cold could 90 from Samona TO
pnuest au Prince without risk Peace "
caorge averv household. The valleys <
Or 40 with fertility; culture CLIMBED
- mountains. the commerce OF the
, hand. was represented In the harbors'
10 tho thank God. there was no Save
-. Una where Every man, woman and
therinc was free.
at last so"'e'""e ohonooe X
rasp Of Inc scene '.,torios 80. 80 paris
Hamil no" III 'ne iun' oononoror is
he con leon 'ne yoI Tnonoo Then cal
n',,iont ~ mn treaty of Amlens of 1902 whe
"a ''''in '',l' between England and France WI
detail. eu' tno 49, nod b,g army
e forest anu N"po,oU a uo+h,ro 70 fight. Th
patriot | nanus i..,o Ca,noraw said TO hlms
not con- .,., % 6oht
- or tbe keep my soldiers employed"
Oregon looKeu over .n' L. Is santo D.
and Of nave soiu'iOn' on ~ ond again
pore the VIII reco,,4ur Tho rronch sold