416. Julien Vernet, Part 1

<div>&nbsp;416. Part 1 of our <a href="http://archive.org/download/416-julien-vernet-part-1/416--Julien_Vernet--part_1.mp3" target="_blank">talk</a> with Julien Vernet. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Their-Native-Soil-Opposition/dp/1617037532/" target="_blank"><i><i>Strangers on Their Native Soil: Opposition to United States' Governance in Louisiana's Orleans Territory, 1803-1809</i></i></a>. "After the United States purchased Louisiana, many inhabitants of the new American territory believed that Louisiana would quickly be incorporated into the Union and that they would soon enjoy rights as citizens.<span><a name='more'></a></span> In March of 1804, however, Congress passed the Act for the Organization of Orleans Territory, which divided Louisiana into two sections: Orleans Territory, which lay southwest of the Mississippi Territory; and the Louisiana District. Under this act, President Jefferson possessed the power to appoint the government of Orleans Territory and its thirteen-man legislative council. The act also prohibited importation of most slaves. Anxieties about their livelihoods and an unrepresentative government drove some Louisiana merchants and planters to organize protests." <ol type="a"><li>This week in Louisiana history. May 8, 1541. Spanish explorer DeSoto discovered the Mississippi River. </li><li>This week in New Orleans history. After Federal troops captured the city during the Civil War, the the looting of the Post Office in the Custom House is related in this editorial from the New Orleans "Evening True Delta" published on May 8, 1862: "Vandalism. It was only yesterday evening that we were informed of the disgraceful acts of the mob that, for a time, had their saturnalia in and around the new Custom-house building, on the evening of the day that the Federal forces took possessio