 | Organization of American Historians - 1911 - 468 sider
...long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more than half of our inhabitants. . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations who in conjunction can maintain exclusive... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1912 - 684 sider
..."There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy; . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her [France] forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction,... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1913 - 622 sider
...times, but he had confidence in the reasonableness of the French government. He wrote on April 18, 1802: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, which in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry... | |
 | 1913 - 620 sider
...times, but he had confidence in the reasonableness of the French government. He wrote on April 18, 1802: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, which in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1913 - 620 sider
...times, but he had confidence in the reasonableness of the French government. He wrote on April 18, 1802: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, which in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry... | |
 | John Sharp Williams - 1913 - 358 sider
...from the President, and the pathway for American negotiators was simplified. Jefferson had said: — "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...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... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1913 - 362 sider
...England. He wrote to Livingston in France: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans . . . seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. 1 Ford's edition of the Writings, vol. iii, p. 404. 1 Randall's Life, vol. i, p. 123. * Curtis, p.... | |
 | Henry Eldridge Bourne - 1914 - 528 sider
...one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and political enemy. It is New Orleans. . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within her low-water mark. . . . From that time we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation."... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1915 - 570 sider
...between the United States and England. In a letter intended to be read by the French leaders he wrote : "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, which in conjunction can maintain exclusive possession... | |
 | John Hibbert De Witt, Willian Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sloussat - 1924 - 346 sider
...much disturbed, sent Livingston, our minister to France, a letter intended for Napoleon's perusal: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...the sentence which is to restrain her forever within the low-water mark. . . . From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation... | |
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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... 
