The history of the Louisiana purchase . History of The Louisiana Purchase first given over to tlie monopolist Crozat;then to John Law, to be exj)loited in theMississippi Bubble. Of the welfare of the unfortunate planta-tion there is no heed;but fortunes may bemade out of it forcourtly spendthrifts,or the bankrupt Gov-ernment gain relief atthe expense of thefar - away dependen-cy. The Mississij^piBubble, so ruinous. ^^^ to those caught by itsflattering iridescence,did, through some good providence, bringbenefit to Louisiana. It was necessary toLaws schemes that the land should be peo-pled ; and
The history of the Louisiana purchase . History of The Louisiana Purchase first given over to tlie monopolist Crozat;then to John Law, to be exj)loited in theMississippi Bubble. Of the welfare of the unfortunate planta-tion there is no heed;but fortunes may bemade out of it forcourtly spendthrifts,or the bankrupt Gov-ernment gain relief atthe expense of thefar - away dependen-cy. The Mississij^piBubble, so ruinous. ^^^ to those caught by itsflattering iridescence,did, through some good providence, bringbenefit to Louisiana. It was necessary toLaws schemes that the land should be peo-pled ; and though the methods for procuringemigrants were misrepresentation and evenatrocious kidnaping, some thousands weredeported of a fairly respectable , finding return hopeless, at last, thoughheart-broken, made the best of the situation,and a substantial town became establishedU How Louisiana Came to Be upon the river-bank. The preponderance ofmen in the community proving to be an ele-ment of insecurity, a grotesque remedy wassought: the shipping from France of cargoesof marriageable girls, jilles a la cassette, socalled from the little trunks in which eachprospective bride carried the trousseau pro-vided for her by the Government. The girlswere speedily mated on arriving at the levee,and many a proper and happy union was theresult. In this direct and business-like match-making the Ursuline nuns
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