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Wilkinson moved to Kentucky and in 1788, opposed the new constitution and led a campaign to create the Union of States. Few thought it was a good idea, so Wilkinson approached the Spanish Governor of the Louisiana Territory to grant him a tract of land near modern Vicksburg and a pension of $7,000 where he could live if the U.S. accused him of treason. The effort failed to create the Union of States.