The history of the Louisiana purchase . ough Bernadotte. The latter, having beenreplaced by Victor in command of the Louisi-ana expedition, was now expecting to sail atonce to America as envoy to , too, was not neglected; through theSpanish ambassador at Paris pressure wasbrought to bear upon Madrid against thecourse which thinc^s were takino^. The American representative had nothingto reproach himself with as regarded the dis-charge of his duty; and it was natural thathe should have felt, with anxiety and sorrow,that, after all his work and exasperation instruggling with the b
The history of the Louisiana purchase . ough Bernadotte. The latter, having beenreplaced by Victor in command of the Louisi-ana expedition, was now expecting to sail atonce to America as envoy to , too, was not neglected; through theSpanish ambassador at Paris pressure wasbrought to bear upon Madrid against thecourse which thinc^s were takino^. The American representative had nothingto reproach himself with as regarded the dis-charge of his duty; and it was natural thathe should have felt, with anxiety and sorrow,that, after all his work and exasperation instruggling with the baffling duplicity of Tal-leyrands diplomacy and the headstrong pur-pose of the First Consul, he found his consid-eration was sinking both in France andAmerica, and that he was about to be super-seded. Bernadotte was to go as envoyto Washington to negotiate matters there,which he in Paris should have been em-powered to take care of. He complains ofthe indefiniteness of his instructions; andwhen at last news arrives of the appointment126. ^ Livingston at Paris of James Monroe as Minister Extraordinaiy,set directly over his head, no wonder that toa man of such spirit it became an occasion ofwrath. As the reader kno^vs, Jefferson, inappointing Monroe, had especially in viewthe quieting of excitement in the West andSouth over the closing of the Mississippi byMorales ; to name a popular man for a specialmission, it was thought, would have a goodeifect, and, as we have seen, it proved to bean admirable stroke of policy. But Living-ston, three thousand miles distant, receivingnews only after months of delay, could notknow all this, and it is natural that in hiscorrespondence at this time there should betouches of grief and temper. I can not butwish, sir, that my fellow citizens should notbe led to believe from Mr. Monroes appoint-ment that I had been negligent of their inter-ests, or too delicate on any of the great pointsentrusted to my care. I trust that a com-munication of my notes
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