Milford chronicle., 1906-11-30

treaty which Would finally close the
seveA years war John Adams, Ben
jamin Franklin. John Jay and Henry
Laurens are all there. Thomas Jeffer.
son was also appointed a commission.
er, but he never served on this com
mission. What are your Instructions
We American representatives why.
says John jay. the most important per
sonaity on that commission. congress
has confused these instructions. 1t has
sent us over here to perfect terms of
peace. Then it has tied US hand and
foot with these instructions: You are
to make the most candid and cOntiden-
tial communications upon all subjects
to the ministers Of our generous ally,
the king Of France: to undertake moth
ing in the negotiations for peace or
treaty without their knowledge and
concurrence and ultimately to govern
yourself by their advice and opinion
Did you ever hear such nonsensical in.
structions as that?'
But. Mr.. Jay. why are You bitter at
those Instructions? Is not France our
friend! Does she not wish 10 help us
ia every way? NO emphatically nc"
answers John Jay. France has never
been our friend. France Joined us at
Yorktown not because she loved us.
but because she wanted to humiliate
her national foe France is not only
opposed to our interests. but she wants
all this land west of the Ohio river TO
stay under British control. Why, only
the other day the Count d'Aranda sug-
gested that our western boundary lihe
should be the Ohio river and the Mis-
sIssippi river" But. Mr.. Jay, what
right have you to that land of the
northwest? what right! Indignantly
cries the great American diplomat.
"By the right of conquest. Have you
not read how George Rogers Clark led
his troops through that region and
compelled the British general at De
troit to surrender TO him." Well. Mr..
Jay. what do you intend TO do? IL In
tend TO thwart the hostile machina-
lions Of the French king. l shall first
sign a treaty with the English COM
missioners without consulting the
French ministers. Then l shall take
that treaty to the French kings hire
lIngs and say: Sign. You must sign or
be branded as our nations enemies
And this is what John Jay. the great
American diplomat. induced the Amer
lean commissioners to do. Thus we
find that the great treaty of Paris Of
1883 was principally the direct work
of two great American herOes-George
Rogers Clark. the baclIwOods dreamer.
and John Jay. the astute diplomat,
who dared to defy the direct orders Of
the Continental congress and who dar-
ed to thwart the plans Of the French
Vergennes.
NY friends. on this glorious Thanks
giving Sabbath let us think for mo-
ment what our government would have
been had not these two American he
roes set forward the northwestern
boundary from the Ohio river to the
great lakes. Did you ever stop to
think what this government would be
II we had been compelled to erect
frowning fortresses at Buffalo and
and Cincinnati and Louisville |
and Natchez and custom house officials |
had been set to patrol the eastern
shores of the Ohio to keep the goods of
our western country from entering
New York and Philadelphia duty free?
Something to Fight About.
The scene again changes We are /
low in the Tuileries of Paris. Napo-
con. the young cOnquerOr. is elected
irst consu. of France Then came the
reaty Of Amiens of 1902. when wal
between England and France was end
4. The whole world was now at peace,
md Napoleon had big army on his
lands and nothing 10 fight Then the
Little Corporal said to himself: Il
must have something to fight. must
,eep my soldiers employed" So he
ooked over the map and said: aha,
AVE a solution. Here is Santo Domingo.
will reConquer it and again enslave
is negroes" The French soldiers did
lot care what they were fighting as
JnE as Autl were u1.lllAS HoAnEAAAAe9s !
70 the flower o. he French army set
all for this faroff island lie Clerc, the
reat French general. the husband Of
,apoleon's sister. Pauline BOnaparte.
vas in command.
What happened? Toussaint rOuver-
ure is treacherOusly betrayed and car
led to France a prisoner, but his lieu
enants of war continued his patriotic
york These disciples of the Washing
on of this southern island, aided by
he pestilence and disease which
ought for them, drove the French
roops step by step until within a few
louths six-sevenths of all the unprin-
lpled French invaders were dead. The
eteran French soldiers, whose tread,
Ike the tramp of Roman legions,
truck the world with terror. were
lowed down almost as quickly as the
Ipened grain falls before the hiss of
he scythe. What now happened? Ma
oleon. the great Napoleon, the mighty
Napoleon, who had his
reams Of making the rich territory of
louisiana the brightest star in his