. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . dedto the Republic, was again shown in the close of that year the western portionof what had been the Mississippi Territorywas organized as the State of Mississippi, andformally admitted. The new commonwealthcontained an areaof forty-seven thousand squaremiles, and had acquired a population of .^ixty-five thousand. Thus was the whole eastern ba
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . dedto the Republic, was again shown in the close of that year the western portionof what had been the Mississippi Territorywas organized as the State of Mississippi, andformally admitted. The new commonwealthcontained an areaof forty-seven thousand squaremiles, and had acquired a population of .^ixty-five thousand. Thus was the whole eastern bank•f the Mississippi, from the junction of the the most part, from Charleston and SavannahWith these he had fortified Amelia Island, anamade it a rendezvous for slave-traders aD<lSouth American privateers. It was perhaps dimly believed by the au-dacious rascals that the well-known sympathyof the United States for republics, and par-ticularly for the republican tendencies showain South America, would save them from dis-turbance. Since the buccaneers seemed to actin the cause of South American liberty, theyhoped to escape attack from the Governmentof the United States. They accordingly pro-ceeded to blockade the fort of St. Augustine,. CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS —CIVIL WAR-1861-1865 THE UNITED STATES.—AMERICAN MIDDLE AGES. 41 and to demean themselves as if there were nocivilization and no retribution which they hadcause to fear. The Federal Government, how-ever, took the matter under advisement. Afleet was sent against the pirates, and thelawless establishment was broken up. A simi-lar as.«emblage of freebooters on the island ofGalveston, off the coast of Texas, was sup-pressed in like manner. It was at the beginning of the Monroe Ad-ministration that the question of the internalimprovement of the country first presenteditself as a practical issue to the Americanmind. The population of the Republic hadnow taken its western course, and was pouringthrough the passes of the Alle
Size: 1311px × 1907px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidr, booksubjectworldhistory
