Show I Tho acquisition of tim Louisiana territory I ter-ritory Florida Texns and other tracts I which have been secured from tlmo to time enlarged tho Republic and the Con I Hlllutlon followed the line into tho new I territory Bryans speech t When in the sense intended by Mr Bryan did the Constitution follow the I ilag7 Mr Jefferson sent n commission commis-sion with arbitrary powers to govern t Louisiana Jlr Monroe sent Gen jackson 11 jack-son to Florida as Governor and in the instructions issued to him he was to J I exerclso the same authority as had jl been exercised by the Spanish Govcr I j nor and in addition the supervisory I j 1 control of the CaptainGeneral of Cuba Cu-ba California was taken by conquest and ruled by a Military Governor until j the rush of goldseekers there In all I I those regions the Constitution In the Bryan sense never followed until the creation of the States brought each respective region to the point over which the Constitution In its sovereignty I sover-eignty over States extended I |