Whenever everything was going smoothly, it was usually like this.
Georgiana stood by the lake, watching the ducks return to the water to swim. Bonaparte had canceled the 1802 conscription plan and issued an order exempting certain people from military service. It felt as though he would not start another war.
Likewise, if the Louisiana Purchase went smoothly, then the Americans would be the ones who felt everything was going their way. They could easily obtain loans to expand westward.
After years of development, the East had become somewhat crowded. Besides, Thomas Jefferson had his own "utopia": a world of farmers free from exploitation by nobles and lords. If the purchase succeeded, it would also win the Republican Party more seats. Not only would he be reelected president, but any bill he wanted to pass would go through smoothly as well.
The key to the slave trade was credit. Slaves could be regarded as movable property and used as collateral. Even if a slave owner went bankrupt, the bank could seize the slaves and sell them to the next buyer.
As long as this system remained legal and existed, the investors who had bought French grain bonds would not let the matter rest. Their aim was to coerce France into selling Louisiana. Without that "white gold" as raw material, even if factories were built, they would halt for lack of supplies. Cotton would also rise in price due to market supply and demand, setting off a chain of domino effects. By then, many more people would lose their jobs.
Napoleon had forbidden British merchant ships from docking in French ports, but he could not stop smugglers from landing small boats on the beaches. They could sell cotton cloth directly to French farmers.
Yet the harm caused by smuggling was still