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  OUTLINE. 
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  some 
  evidence 
  that 
  their 
  exertions 
  tended 
  to 
  the 
  esta- 
  

   blishment 
  of 
  its 
  sovereignty, 
  it 
  was 
  suggested 
  as 
  proper 
  

   that 
  some 
  declaration 
  to 
  that 
  effect 
  should 
  be 
  signed 
  

   before 
  they 
  could 
  with 
  propriety 
  call 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  for 
  support. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  an 
  interview 
  was 
  requested 
  

   with 
  Ellicott 
  and 
  Pope, 
  by 
  the 
  governor, 
  as 
  private 
  gen- 
  

   tlemen, 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  some 
  plan 
  could 
  be 
  devised 
  to 
  quiet 
  the 
  

   present 
  disturbances 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  Lieutenant 
  Pope 
  

   refused 
  the 
  invitation, 
  and 
  Ellicott 
  therefore 
  informed 
  

   Major 
  Minor, 
  the 
  bearer 
  of 
  the 
  message, 
  that 
  he 
  must 
  

   decline 
  attending 
  alone. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  day, 
  Gayoso 
  informed 
  Ellicott 
  by 
  letter, 
  

   that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  rebellion, 
  with 
  the 
  probable 
  

   design 
  of 
  attacking 
  the 
  fort; 
  that 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   surgents 
  were 
  riding 
  through 
  the 
  country, 
  obtaining 
  

   signatures 
  to 
  lists 
  already 
  subscribed 
  by 
  many 
  styling 
  

   themselves 
  "Citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States;" 
  that 
  he 
  

   could 
  not 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  proceedings 
  had 
  the 
  sanction 
  

   of 
  the 
  commissioner; 
  but 
  should 
  he 
  take 
  an 
  active 
  

   part 
  in 
  them, 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  represented 
  to 
  do, 
  that 
  he, 
  

   Gayoso, 
  protested, 
  in 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  governor-general, 
  

   against 
  his 
  conduct, 
  and 
  would 
  hold 
  him 
  answerable 
  for 
  

   the 
  consequences. 
  A 
  'positive 
  answer 
  was 
  requested. 
  

  

  Ellicott 
  replied 
  that, 
  under 
  the 
  late 
  treaty, 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  the 
  district 
  had 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  consider 
  themselves 
  citi- 
  

   zens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  ; 
  the 
  compact 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   nations 
  was 
  notorious. 
  The 
  governor 
  had 
  recognized 
  

   him 
  as 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  his 
  government 
  to 
  carry 
  that 
  com- 
  

   pact 
  into 
  effect. 
  No 
  human 
  assurances 
  could 
  have 
  gone 
  

   further 
  than 
  those 
  repeatedly 
  made 
  by 
  his 
  excellency, 
  

   that 
  the 
  treaty 
  would 
  be 
  faithfully 
  executed. 
  Could 
  

   there 
  have 
  been 
  any 
  causes 
  more 
  powerful 
  to 
  produce 
  

  

  