Let us cast a retrospective glance at the condition of our country at that time. One hundred years ago the Kingdom of Spain was the owner of the Louisiana territory. embracing New Orleans. the mouth of the Mississippi River. and a vast wilderness now covered by several States. and containing more than onefourth of the whole territory of the present limits of the United States. Immigration was rapidly filling the rich lands bordering on the Ohio. the Cumberland. the Tennessee. and the Wabash Rivers. and the first settlers were producing a large surplus annually of beef. corn. and pork. which could only find an outlet and market at New Orleans. Spain in 1784 had prohibited the navigation of the Mississippi River. and before that date had levied taxes upon the produce sent to New Orleans to the amount of 21 per cent. The people of Tennessee.
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