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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  dence 
  suitable 
  to 
  the 
  dignity 
  of 
  liis 
  commission, 
  and 
  de- 
  

   mand 
  of 
  the 
  governor 
  passports 
  with 
  leave 
  for 
  all 
  such 
  

   as 
  would 
  dispose 
  of 
  their 
  property 
  and 
  avail 
  themselves 
  

   of 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  situation 
  by 
  withdrawing 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  

  

  Extracts 
  from 
  this 
  address 
  were 
  communicated 
  by 
  

   EUicott 
  to 
  Governor 
  Gayoso. 
  In 
  doing 
  so, 
  he 
  took 
  occa- 
  

   sion 
  to 
  state 
  that, 
  since 
  his 
  arrival 
  in 
  the 
  district, 
  he 
  

   had 
  uniformly 
  counselled 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  to 
  submission 
  

   to 
  the 
  government 
  now 
  in 
  force, 
  until 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  should 
  be 
  extended 
  over 
  them, 
  the 
  

   period 
  of 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  distant, 
  and 
  which 
  they 
  

   were 
  led 
  to 
  expect. 
  But 
  his 
  excellency's 
  proclamation, 
  

   the 
  remounting 
  the 
  guns 
  in 
  the 
  fort, 
  and 
  sending 
  his 
  aid 
  

   to 
  the 
  Walnut 
  Hills 
  to 
  stop 
  the 
  descent 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   troops, 
  had 
  produced 
  doubts 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  intended 
  delivery 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  governor 
  denied 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  word 
  of 
  truth 
  

   in 
  the 
  address. 
  No 
  notice, 
  he 
  said, 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  of 
  

   the 
  satisfaction 
  which 
  some 
  had 
  expressed 
  of 
  speedily 
  

   becoming 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  ; 
  nor 
  had 
  any 
  one 
  

   been 
  molested 
  on 
  that 
  account. 
  There 
  had 
  been 
  no 
  

   instance 
  of 
  opposition 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  the 
  

   selling 
  their 
  property 
  and 
  removing 
  froni 
  the 
  country 
  ; 
  

   the 
  demand 
  for 
  such 
  permission 
  was 
  therefore 
  unneces- 
  

   sary. 
  The 
  proclamation 
  had 
  been 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   quiet 
  the 
  people, 
  and 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  delay 
  ; 
  and 
  

   he 
  was 
  now 
  authorized 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  general-in- 
  chief 
  

   found 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  consult 
  his 
  majesty 
  on 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  

   difference 
  between 
  himself 
  and 
  General 
  Wayne, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  requiring 
  the 
  surrender 
  of 
  the 
  posts 
  as 
  they 
  stood, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Baron 
  de 
  Carondelet 
  claiming 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  

   be 
  dismantled 
  and 
  razed. 
  

  

  The 
  intentions 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  government 
  being 
  now 
  

  

  