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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  which 
  the 
  governor 
  was 
  early 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   minister 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Genet, 
  the 
  Minister 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Republic, 
  conceived 
  

   the 
  j)roject 
  of 
  reacquiring 
  for 
  his 
  country 
  the 
  possessions 
  

   she 
  had 
  lost 
  in 
  Louisiana 
  by 
  an 
  expedition 
  to 
  be 
  fitted 
  

   out 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  end 
  commissions 
  

   were 
  issued 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  disposed 
  to 
  embark 
  in 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  

  

  Danger 
  was 
  apprehended 
  also 
  of 
  British 
  invasion 
  from 
  

   Canada. 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  having 
  failed 
  by 
  negotiation 
  to 
  get 
  

   possession 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  territory 
  comprising 
  the 
  

   Natchez 
  District, 
  or 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  enjoyment 
  of 
  the 
  free 
  

   navigation 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  Ken- 
  

   tucky, 
  or 
  the 
  " 
  Western 
  Country," 
  became 
  impatient 
  and 
  

   restive. 
  Their 
  increasing 
  productions 
  demanded 
  an 
  out- 
  

   let 
  to 
  a 
  foreign 
  market, 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  resolved 
  on 
  

   some 
  terms 
  to 
  obtain. 
  But, 
  however 
  united 
  on 
  this 
  

   point, 
  they 
  differed 
  in 
  their 
  projects 
  for 
  attaining 
  it. 
  

   Some 
  meditated 
  the 
  dismemberment 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  

   the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  government 
  independent 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  Of 
  these, 
  some 
  favored 
  a 
  connection 
  with 
  

   Spain 
  and 
  a 
  submission 
  to 
  her 
  laws 
  ; 
  others 
  were 
  inclined 
  

   to 
  the 
  French 
  interest. 
  And 
  still 
  another 
  party, 
  to 
  which 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  royalists 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  District 
  

   adhered, 
  looked 
  with 
  a 
  distant 
  and 
  vague 
  hope 
  to 
  the 
  re- 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  rule. 
  

  

  To 
  counteract 
  these 
  adverse 
  projects, 
  and 
  to 
  foment 
  

   and 
  encourage 
  others 
  calculated 
  to 
  strengthen 
  and 
  per- 
  

   petuate 
  the 
  Spanish 
  authority, 
  engaged 
  Governor 
  Caron- 
  

   delet 
  in 
  a 
  course 
  of 
  intrigue 
  during 
  his 
  entire 
  adminis- 
  

   tration. 
  

  

  His 
  first 
  step, 
  after 
  putting 
  the 
  country 
  under 
  his 
  

   jurisdiction 
  in 
  an 
  improved 
  state 
  of 
  defence, 
  was 
  to 
  dis- 
  

  

  