 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 806 strani
...the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 812 strani
...the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of •what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. I wish it wag an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | 1899 - 998 strani
...the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God that we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1900 - 618 strani
...mountains five or six hundred miles in extent. Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusions of others. If there was an embankment... | |
 | 1908 - 460 strani
...the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish the Kooky .Mountains were an impassable barrier. If there was an embankment of even five feet... | |
 | Nebraska State Historical Society - 1911 - 318 strani
...as a punishment for crime. Why, sir, of what use will this territory be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. " Mr. William Sturgis, in speaking for the New England commerce before... | |
 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1886 - 816 strani
...not consent to expend five dollars to remove that embankment to enable our population to go there. I thank God for his mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there.'' Mr. Webster said, in 1845, when opposing the admission of Texas: "The government is very likely to... | |
 | Jacob Piatt Dunn - 1886 - 816 strani
...not consent to expend five dollars to remove that embankment to enable our population to go there. I thank God for his mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there.'' Mr. Webster said, in 1845, when opposing the admission of Texas: "The government is very likely to... | |
 | William Barrows - 1887 - 460 strani
...prosperous and wealthy." This is the senator who, speaking of Oregon as a farming country, said, " I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory." Some years after his defence of the East, Webster admitted the strong opposition of the East to the... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - 1895 - 386 strani
...the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish the Rocky Mountains were an impassable barrier. If there was an embankment of even five feet to... | |
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Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. 
