Romantic days in the early republic . IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 381 hero of New Orleans and as such went natu-rally, after attending mass at the Cathedral,to pay his respects to the devout women inthe Ursuline convent, is no easy task. Polit-ically, New Orleans had been American fora dozen years now; but in temperament andin affection the settlement was French, first,Spanish next, and American not at all. TheLouisianians deeply resented having been soldby their mother-country and felt it as a specialinsult that they had been sold to Creoles steadfastly refused to take oflSceunder the n
Romantic days in the early republic . IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC 381 hero of New Orleans and as such went natu-rally, after attending mass at the Cathedral,to pay his respects to the devout women inthe Ursuline convent, is no easy task. Polit-ically, New Orleans had been American fora dozen years now; but in temperament andin affection the settlement was French, first,Spanish next, and American not at all. TheLouisianians deeply resented having been soldby their mother-country and felt it as a specialinsult that they had been sold to Creoles steadfastly refused to take oflSceunder the new government; and, since Englishwas now the oflScial language, felt it incumbentupon them not to use it. Then, too, the delayin admitting the territory into the Union and theattendant debates as to whether the Louisianianswere qualified for self-government had naturallynot helped towards a better feeling between thepurchasers and the purchased. Industrially,as will be easily understood, the Creoles sufferedconsiderably as a result o
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