| Edward Channing - 1896 - 386 páginas
...France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations,...possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry the British fleet and nation." The matter was further complicated by the action of the The Lou1s1-... | |
| John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1898 - 362 páginas
...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,...marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." One almost discredits his own senses as he beholds Jefferson voluntarily proclaiming the banns for... | |
| Emory Speer - 1897 - 176 páginas
...to Livingston, our minister in Paris, "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans * * * W e must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation....resources place us on very high ground, and having confirmed and connected together a power which may render reinforcements of her settlements here impossible... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1897 - 540 páginas
...takes possession of N. 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...moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation._J\Ve must turn all our attentions to a maritime force, for which our resources place us on... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - 1897 - 322 páginas
...Orleans," said he, "fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." As though to justify this outburst of anti-Gallican zeal on the part of the old friend of France, the... | |
| Binger Hermann, United States. General Land Office - 1898 - 140 páginas
...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...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... | |
| 1898 - 652 páginas
...day 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,...possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry the British fleet and nation." There was no desire to see Napoleon set a foothold in America. But with... | |
| James Morton Callahan - 1898 - 216 páginas
...day 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,...possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry the British fleet and nation." There was no desire to see Napoleon set a foothold in America. But with... | |
| 1898 - 212 páginas
...day 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,...possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry the British fleet and nation." There was no 'desire to see Napoleon set a foothold in America. But... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman - 1898 - 350 páginas
...spot is New Orleans. France placing herself in that door assumes to us the attitude of defiance. . . . From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation." 1 To Livingston, April 18, 1802. CHAPTER IV ENVOY IN FRANCE, SPAIN, AND ENGLAND JEFFERSON, never wanting... | |
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