How we cite our quotes: (Document.Article.Sentence)
Quote #1
And whereas in pursuance of the Treaty and particularly of the third article the French Republic has an incontestible title to the domain and to the possession of the said Territory—The First Consul of the French Republic desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship doth hereby cede to the United States in the name of the French Republic for ever and in full Sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances as fully and in the Same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic in virtue of the above mentioned Treaty concluded with his Catholic Majesty. (T.1.3)
That's right, folks: "for ever and in full Sovereignty." No more of this secret-treaty ownership stuff, and no more of this colony-of-Europe stuff, either. Louisiana is now part of the United States, and the United States is all about claiming its rights and appurtenances.
Quote #2
In the cession made by the preceeding article are included the adjacent Islands belonging to Louisiana all public lots and Squares, vacant lands and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks and other edifices which are not private property.—The Archives, papers & documents relative to the domain and Sovereignty of Louisiana and its dependances will be left in the possession of the Commissaries of the United States, and copies will be afterwards given in due form to the Magistrates and Municipal officers of such of the said papers and documents as may be necessary to them. (T.2.1-T.2.2)
Guess it's true what they say: you can't take it with you. And that includes buildings, vacant lots, barracks, papers, documents, and a whole lot more. Everything in Louisiana is now the property of the U.S. of A.
Quote #3
The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all these rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess. (T.3.1)
It's tough to be a sovereign nation when the people living there are actually citizens of somewhere else. To avoid this issue altogether, this blanket statement basically says that everyone in Louisiana is gonna be American now, and that's just how it's going to go.
Quote #4
Immediately after the ratification of the present Treaty by the President of the United States and in case that of the first Consul's shall have been previously obtained, the commissary of the French Republic shall remit all military posts of New Orleans and other parts of the ceded territory to the Commissary or Commissaries named by the President to take possession—the troops whether of France or Spain who may be there shall cease to occupy any military post from the time of taking possession and shall be embarked as soon as possible in the course of three months after the ratification of this treaty. (T.5.1)
It's also tough to be a sovereign nation when all of the nearby troops and guns belong to another country. The United States had only had its own national military for 14 years when this treaty was enacted, but that didn't mean it wanted someone else's militia hogging all of the forts and weapons in Louisiana.
Quote #5
[…] it has been agreed between the contracting parties that the French Ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies loaded only with the produce and manufactures of France or her Said Colonies; and the Ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her Colonies shall be admitted during the Space of twelve years in the Port of New-Orleans and in all other legal ports-of-entry within the ceded territory in the Same manner as the Ships of the United States coming directly from France or Spain or any of their Colonies without being Subject to any other or greater duty on merchandize or other or greater tonnage than that paid by the citizens of the United States. (T.7.1)
One of the things sovereign nations get to do is decide who gets to do business within their borders, and the authors wasted no time in clearing up how commerce was going to go down in American Louisiana. France and Spain, since they'd been so helpful and friendly, were given special status. Other countries, not so much. (Looking at you, Great Britain.)