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  OUTLINE. 
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  With 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  circumstances 
  and 
  of 
  political 
  insti- 
  

   tutions 
  came 
  also 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  views 
  and 
  opinions, 
  and 
  

   many 
  of 
  these 
  persons 
  became 
  none 
  the 
  worse 
  citizens, 
  

   from 
  their 
  antecedents. 
  The 
  descendants 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  

   them, 
  grown 
  up 
  with 
  attachments 
  to 
  American 
  institu- 
  

   tions, 
  have 
  earned 
  for 
  themselves 
  positions 
  of 
  respect- 
  

   ability 
  and 
  influence. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  answer 
  no 
  good 
  purpose, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  annoy 
  

   the 
  over-sensitive 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  age, 
  by 
  rending 
  the 
  veil 
  

   which 
  time 
  has 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  " 
  bygones" 
  of 
  a 
  past 
  

   generation. 
  Let 
  them 
  rest 
  in 
  oblivion. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  July, 
  Gayoso 
  succeeded 
  the 
  Baron 
  de 
  

   Carondelet 
  as 
  governor-general 
  by 
  appointment 
  from 
  the 
  

   Court 
  of 
  Madrid. 
  On 
  his 
  departure 
  for 
  New 
  Orleans 
  on 
  

   the 
  30th, 
  he 
  left 
  Major 
  Minor 
  to 
  represent 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  

   government 
  at 
  Natchez. 
  

  

  Governor 
  Gayoso 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  rule 
  over 
  the 
  district 
  

   at 
  an 
  unpropitious 
  time. 
  Subjected 
  to 
  the 
  superior 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  governor-general, 
  the 
  Baron 
  de 
  Caron- 
  

   delet, 
  it 
  became 
  his 
  duty 
  to 
  execute 
  orders 
  and 
  carry 
  out 
  

   the 
  measures 
  of 
  the 
  Baron, 
  many 
  of 
  which, 
  we 
  have 
  

   reason 
  to 
  believe, 
  were 
  distasteful 
  to 
  him. 
  The 
  repug- 
  

   nance 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  to 
  the 
  Spanish 
  rule, 
  and 
  the 
  

   impatience 
  exhibited 
  to 
  throw 
  it 
  off 
  before 
  a 
  substitute 
  

   was 
  organized 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  made 
  it 
  necessary 
  

   for 
  the 
  good 
  order 
  and 
  well-being 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  for 
  

   which 
  he 
  was 
  responsible, 
  to 
  maintain 
  his 
  authority. 
  

   This, 
  under 
  the 
  adverse 
  circumstances 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   placed, 
  rendered 
  his 
  situation 
  annoying 
  and 
  harassing 
  

   in 
  the 
  extreme. 
  In 
  his 
  private 
  intercourse 
  with 
  Ellicott 
  

   and 
  other 
  Americans, 
  he 
  was 
  ever 
  courteous 
  and 
  honor- 
  

   able, 
  and, 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  duties 
  imposed 
  by 
  his 
  official 
  

   station, 
  he 
  enjoyed 
  for 
  his 
  many 
  good 
  qualities 
  the 
  

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