Excerpt from Attempts to Separate the West From the American Union But such a plan of securing Spanish dominancy in the west could not permanently be successful. In the first place it was founded upon deceit and stealth. Then the texture of charac terof the hardy American would inevitably in the end prevail as a ruling interest and controlling power as against the weaker and subtler nature of the Spaniard. Furthermore, the schem ing had profited by the weakness of the confederacy. This, however, in 1789, gave place to the greater efficiency of the Union under the present constitution;.and the firm and wise administration of Washington soon began to tell in the respect for authority, and the greater cohesion of the parts. Besides this, the reduction of the tariff on the part of Spam on ship ments down the Mi551ss1pp1, diminished the inducements for separation, and the greater numbers and boldness of the western settlements made it clear to the Spanish authorities that they must change their tone of menace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.