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Now
Texas
possesses
eleven
towns
within
the
prescribed
conditions
,
which
will
further
dispute
the
honor
and
create
us
new
enemies
,
while
Florida
has
only
one
.
I
go
in
,
therefore
,
for
Florida
and
Tampa
Town
.
"
This
decision
,
on
being
made
known
,
utterly
crushed
the
Texan
deputies
.
Seized
with
an
indescribable
fury
,
they
addressed
threatening
letters
to
the
different
members
of
the
Gun
Club
by
name
.
The
magistrates
had
but
one
course
to
take
,
and
they
took
it
.
They
chartered
a
special
train
,
forced
the
Texans
into
it
whether
they
would
or
no
;
and
they
quitted
the
city
with
a
speed
of
thirty
miles
an
hour
.
Quickly
,
however
,
as
they
were
despatched
,
they
found
time
to
hurl
one
last
and
bitter
sarcasm
at
their
adversaries
.
Alluding
to
the
extent
of
Florida
,
a
mere
peninsula
confined
between
two
seas
,
they
pretended
that
it
could
never
sustain
the
shock
of
the
discharge
,
and
that
it
would
"
bust
up
"
at
the
very
first
shot
.
"
Very
well
,
let
it
bust
up
!
"
replied
the
Floridans
,
with
a
brevity
of
the
days
of
ancient
Sparta
.
The
astronomical
,
mechanical
,
and
topographical
difficulties
resolved
,
finally
came
the
question
of
finance
.
The
sum
required
was
far
too
great
for
any
individual
,
or
even
any
single
State
,
to
provide
the
requisite
millions
.
President
Barbicane
undertook
,
despite
of
the
matter
being
a
purely
American
affair
,
to
render
it
one
of
universal
interest
,
and
to
request
the
financial
co-operation
of
all
peoples
.
It
was
,
he
maintained
,
the
right
and
duty
of
the
whole
earth
to
interfere
in
the
affairs
of
its
satellite
.
The
subscription
opened
at
Baltimore
extended
properly
to
the
whole
world
--
Urbi
et
orbi
.
This
subscription
was
successful
beyond
all
expectation
;
notwithstanding
that
it
was
a
question
not
of
lending
but
of
giving
the
money
.
It
was
a
purely
disinterested
operation
in
the
strictest
sense
of
the
term
,
and
offered
not
the
slightest
chance
of
profit
.
The
effect
,
however
,
of
Barbicane
's
communication
was
not
confined
to
the
frontiers
of
the
United
States
;
it
crossed
the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
,
invading
simultaneously
Asia
and
Europe
,
Africa
and
Oceanica
.
The
observatories
of
the
Union
placed
themselves
in
immediate
communication
with
those
of
foreign
countries
.
Some
,
such
as
those
of
Paris
,
Petersburg
,
Berlin
,
Stockholm
,
Hamburg
,
Malta
,
Lisbon
,
Benares
,
Madras
,
and
others
,
transmitted
their
good
wishes
;
the
rest
maintained
a
prudent
silence
,
quietly
awaiting
the
result
.
As
for
the
observatory
at
Greenwich
,
seconded
as
it
was
by
the
twenty
-
two
astronomical
establishments
of
Great
Britain
,
it
spoke
plainly
enough
.
It
boldly
denied
the
possibility
of
success
,
and
pronounced
in
favor
of
the
theories
of
Captain
Nicholl
.
But
this
was
nothing
more
than
mere
English
jealousy
.
