﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  85 
  

  

  secession 
  by 
  the 
  western 
  people. 
  He 
  delivered 
  tlie 
  

   packets 
  given 
  him 
  in 
  charge 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  governor 
  for 
  

   General 
  Wilkinson, 
  at 
  Greenville. 
  On 
  his 
  return, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  he 
  reported 
  an 
  entire 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  dispositions 
  

   and 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Kentucky, 
  who, 
  he 
  now 
  

   found, 
  were 
  perfectly 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  Federal 
  govern- 
  

   ment, 
  since 
  it 
  had 
  obtained 
  for 
  them, 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  treaty, 
  

   the 
  principal 
  object 
  to 
  attain 
  which 
  only 
  the 
  separation 
  

   from 
  the 
  Union 
  had 
  heretofore 
  been 
  thought 
  of; 
  and 
  

   such 
  a 
  measure 
  was 
  now 
  viewed 
  with 
  utter 
  aversion. 
  

  

  Not 
  yet 
  satisfied 
  of 
  the 
  futility 
  of 
  his 
  machinations, 
  

   Carondelet 
  determined 
  on 
  still 
  another 
  and 
  final 
  efibrt 
  

   to 
  detach 
  the 
  western 
  people 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

   Power 
  was 
  again 
  sent 
  on 
  this 
  errand. 
  Bribery 
  was 
  to 
  

   be 
  adroitly 
  employed; 
  assurances 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  that, 
  

   " 
  if 
  a 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  properly 
  distributed 
  in 
  

   Kentucky, 
  could 
  induce 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  resist, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   furnished;" 
  and 
  money 
  and 
  arms, 
  including 
  twenty 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  artillery, 
  were 
  freely 
  offered. 
  General 
  Wilkin- 
  

   son, 
  then 
  the 
  commander 
  of 
  the 
  forces 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  dazzled 
  with 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  the 
  bril- 
  

   liant 
  and 
  easy 
  career 
  opened 
  upon 
  him 
  ; 
  the 
  glory 
  of 
  

   being 
  the 
  liberator 
  and 
  founder 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  States 
  

   was 
  to 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  his 
  view 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  least 
  movement, 
  

   he 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  told, 
  the 
  people 
  would 
  hail 
  him 
  as 
  the 
  

   general 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  republic, 
  his 
  reputation 
  would 
  raise 
  

   him 
  an 
  army, 
  and 
  France 
  and 
  Spain 
  would 
  enable 
  him 
  

   to 
  pay 
  it. 
  Power 
  again 
  met 
  Sebastian 
  at 
  Louisville, 
  

   when 
  certain 
  stipulations 
  were 
  considered, 
  without 
  which 
  

   none 
  could 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  embark 
  in 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  

   The 
  former 
  then 
  proceeded 
  to 
  meet 
  General 
  Wilkinson 
  

   at 
  Detroit, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  to 
  communicate 
  the 
  

   baron's 
  propositions 
  to 
  Innis 
  and 
  Nicholas. 
  

  

  On 
  learning 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  Power, 
  Wilkinson 
  caused 
  

  

  