. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . English West Florida, 1773-1783. (From the Mississippi to the Appalachicola.). 91 Looeilude 89 Weet 87 from 86 Green»ioh tl3f Spanish and American West Florida, 1783-1819. (The figures show date ofacquisition by the United States.) AND THE CLAIM TO TEXAS 377 ernor at New Orleans to take military possession as faras to the Perdido, and Congress then annexed the districtto the Territory of New Orleans. Madison tried to justify this robbery of a friendly powerby pretending to fear that England might seize the terri-tory if we did not (
. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . English West Florida, 1773-1783. (From the Mississippi to the Appalachicola.). 91 Looeilude 89 Weet 87 from 86 Green»ioh tl3f Spanish and American West Florida, 1783-1819. (The figures show date ofacquisition by the United States.) AND THE CLAIM TO TEXAS 377 ernor at New Orleans to take military possession as faras to the Perdido, and Congress then annexed the districtto the Territory of New Orleans. Madison tried to justify this robbery of a friendly powerby pretending to fear that England might seize the terri-tory if we did not (a convenient pretext used by our gov-ernment more than once since to cover land grabs); but,unhappily, recent research proves beyond dispute that thewhole rising had been inspired from New Orleans in accord-ance with instructions from Washington ^ — a precedent fol-lowed more openly once since by a more strenuous admin-istration in its desire for foreign territory. As settlement poured into the Mississippi Territory,West Florida certainly became worth far more to us thanit was to Spain. It lay, a narrow strip, between us and ournat
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