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BARBICANE
.
"
One
question
remained
yet
to
be
decided
;
it
was
necessary
to
choose
a
favorable
spot
for
the
experiment
.
According
to
the
advice
of
the
Observatory
of
Cambridge
,
the
gun
must
be
fired
perpendicularly
to
the
plane
of
the
horizon
,
that
is
to
say
,
toward
the
zenith
.
Now
the
moon
does
not
traverse
the
zenith
,
except
in
places
situated
between
0
°
and
28
°
of
latitude
.
It
became
,
then
,
necessary
to
determine
exactly
that
spot
on
the
globe
where
the
immense
Columbiad
should
be
cast
.
On
the
20th
of
October
,
at
a
general
meeting
of
the
Gun
Club
,
Barbicane
produced
a
magnificent
map
of
the
United
States
.
"
Gentlemen
,
"
said
he
,
in
opening
the
discussion
,
"
I
presume
that
we
are
all
agreed
that
this
experiment
can
not
and
ought
not
to
be
tried
anywhere
but
within
the
limits
of
the
soil
of
the
Union
.
Now
,
by
good
fortune
,
certain
frontiers
of
the
United
States
extend
downward
as
far
as
the
28th
parallel
of
the
north
latitude
.
If
you
will
cast
your
eye
over
this
map
,
you
will
see
that
we
have
at
our
disposal
the
whole
of
the
southern
portion
of
Texas
and
Florida
.
"
It
was
finally
agreed
,
then
,
that
the
Columbiad
must
be
cast
on
the
soil
of
either
Texas
or
Florida
.
The
result
,
however
,
of
this
decision
was
to
create
a
rivalry
entirely
without
precedent
between
the
different
towns
of
these
two
States
.
The
28th
parallel
,
on
reaching
the
American
coast
,
traverses
the
peninsula
of
Florida
,
dividing
it
into
two
nearly
equal
portions
.
Then
,
plunging
into
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
,
it
subtends
the
arc
formed
by
the
coast
of
Alabama
,
Mississippi
,
and
Louisiana
;
then
skirting
Texas
,
off
which
it
cuts
an
angle
,
it
continues
its
course
over
Mexico
,
crosses
the
Sonora
,
Old
California
,
and
loses
itself
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
It
was
,
therefore
,
only
those
portions
of
Texas
and
Florida
which
were
situated
below
this
parallel
which
came
within
the
prescribed
conditions
of
latitude
.
Florida
,
in
its
southern
part
,
reckons
no
cities
of
importance
;
it
is
simply
studded
with
forts
raised
against
the
roving
Indians
.
One
solitary
town
,
Tampa
Town
,
was
able
to
put
in
a
claim
in
favor
of
its
situation
.
In
Texas
,
on
the
contrary
,
the
towns
are
much
more
numerous
and
important
.
Corpus
Christi
,
in
the
county
of
Nueces
,
and
all
the
cities
situated
on
the
Rio
Bravo
,
Laredo
,
Comalites
,
San
Ignacio
on
the
Web
,
Rio
Grande
City
on
the
Starr
,
Edinburgh
in
the
Hidalgo
,
Santa
Rita
,
Elpanda
,
Brownsville
in
the
Cameron
,
formed
an
imposing
league
against
the
pretensions
of
Florida
.
So
,
scarcely
was
the
decision
known
,
when
the
Texan
and
Floridan
deputies
arrived
at
Baltimore
in
an
incredibly
short
space
of
time
.
From
that
very
moment
President
Barbicane
and
the
influential
members
of
the
Gun
Club
were
besieged
day
and
night
by
formidable
claims
.
If
seven
cities
of
Greece
contended
for
the
honor
of
having
given
birth
to
a
Homer
,
here
were
two
entire
States
threatening
to
come
to
blows
about
the
question
of
a
cannon
.
The
rival
parties
promenaded
the
streets
with
arms
in
their
hands
;
and
at
every
occasion
of
their
meeting
a
collision
was
to
be
apprehended
which
might
have
been
attended
with
disastrous
results
.
Happily
the
prudence
and
address
of
President
Barbicane
averted
the
danger
.
These
personal
demonstrations
found
a
division
in
the
newspapers
of
the
different
States
.
The
New
York
Herald
and
the
Tribune
supported
Texas
,
while
the
Times
and
the
American
Review
espoused
the
cause
of
the
Floridan
deputies
.
The
members
of
the
Gun
Club
could
not
decide
to
which
to
give
the
preference
.
Texas
produced
its
array
of
twenty-six
counties
;
Florida
replied
that
twelve
counties
were
better
than
twenty-six
in
a
country
only
one-sixth
part
of
the
size
.
