Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . TROUBLES WITH FEAXCE 169 a thousand pounds of cotton a day. Tliis rendered its cultivatiun highly profit-able, gave an imjiortance tu the institution of slavery, and, in its iar-reachingeffects, was the greatest inveiiliun ever made m this country. TliOfBIJOS Wrill FKANCE. The matter which chiefly occupied public attention during the adminis-trati(jn of the elder Adams was uur dithcuUies with France. That country hadhariUy em
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . TROUBLES WITH FEAXCE 169 a thousand pounds of cotton a day. Tliis rendered its cultivatiun highly profit-able, gave an imjiortance tu the institution of slavery, and, in its iar-reachingeffects, was the greatest inveiiliun ever made m this country. TliOfBIJOS Wrill FKANCE. The matter which chiefly occupied public attention during the adminis-trati(jn of the elder Adams was uur dithcuUies with France. That country hadhariUy emerged from the awful llcigu of Terror in which a unllion of peoplewere massacred, and it was under the cnnd-ol of a set (jf bloody minded mis-creants, whowaired againstmankind andbelieved theycoidd compelthe UnitedStates to pay alarge sum ofmoney for theprivilege ofbeing turnedour represen-tatives out ofthe country,enacted lawsaimed to de-stioy our com-merce, and in-structed theirnaval officers. TlIIi; COTTOIf GIN, IKVENTKD IN ITiKJ,A miiclune which does the work of more than 1,000 men to capture and sell American vessels and cargoes. President Adams, who abhorred war, sent special ministers to protest againstthe course of France. The impudent reply was there would be no stoppageuntil the men who controlled the French government were paid large sums ofmoney. This exasperating notice brought the answer from Charles CotesworthPinckney which has becoTue historical: Millions for defense, but not one centfor tribute. Although war was not declared, it prevailed on the ocean during the latterhalf of 1798. Congress convened, abolished the treaties with France,strengthened the navy, and ordered it to attack French vessels wherever found. 170 WASHINGTON, ADAMS, AND JEFFERSON. Several engagements took place, iu all of which the French men-of-war werewhijjped to a .staudbtill. The most important of the naval battles was betweenthe Constitution, under Commodore Truxton, and th
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