 The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment...  A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky - Page 308by Mann Butler - 1834 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Doak Mead - United States - 1899 - 758 pages
...within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must...the British fleet and nation. We must turn all our attentions to a maritime force, for which our resources place us on very high grounds : and having... | |
 | Marshall Everett - Advertising - 1899 - 590 pages
...attitude of defiance and seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation, and make the first cannon which shall be fired in Europe the signal for tearing up any settlement she... | |
 | Self-culture - 1899 - 880 pages
...her lowwater mark. It seals the union of two nations which, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." These were the words of one of the most pronounced lovers of France and haters of all things British... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1899 - 752 pages
...within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." To provide against these threatened dangers : to escape this perplexing situation, as a necessary measure... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Conduct of life - 1900 - 1082 pages
...possession of New Orleans * * * seals the union of two nations, who. in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must...We must turn all our attention to a maritime force * * *.— To ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, iv, 432. FORD ED., viii. 145. (W., April 1802.) 322. ALLIANCE, A... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." He intimated, however, the possibility of a compromise by which France might retain the whole Louisiana... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - Biography & Autobiography - 1900 - 494 pages
...within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." He intimated, however, the possibility of a compromise by which France might retain the whole Louisiana... | |
 | John Watson Foster - United States - 1900 - 548 pages
...her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." 3 To Nemours he wrote : " The use of the Mississippi is so indispensable to us that we cannot hesitate... | |
 | United States. General Land Office, Binger Hermann - Louisiana Purchase - 1900 - 134 pages
...within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation. * * * This is not a state we seek or desire. It is one which this measure, if adopted by France, forces... | |
 | John Pancoast Gordy - Political parties - 1900 - 634 pages
...union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive pos* State Papers, II., 511. session of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation."* The excitement caused by the retrocession increased when the news came that the Spanish governor at... | |
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