 | Frank L. Owsley, Gene A. Smith - 1997 - 241 strani
...and the historic ties that linked the two together, he knew, "there is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy." "It is New Orleans," he professed, "through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and... | |
 | Stephen Skowronek - 1997 - 546 strani
...of the embargo, November 8, 1808, Works, Vol. 11, p. 71. 53. "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her... | |
 | Bernard De Voto - 1998 - 647 strani
...over Louisiana did Thomas Jefferson write his famous aphorism, "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...its fertility it will ere long yield more than half our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants." But he was saying the same thing in... | |
 | Gregory H. Nobles - 1998 - 304 strani
...on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy," he wrote. "It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market." With France in a position to threaten the interests of western farmers, the president concluded, it... | |
 | John Warfield Simpson - 1999 - 387 strani
...Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic coastal ports. Jefferson wrote, "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...of our territory must pass to market, and from its [the West's] fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel, Thomas J. McInerney - 2000 - 396 strani
...growth, therefore, we viewed as our own, her misfortunes ours. There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...half of our whole produce and contain more than half of our inhabitants. France, placing herself in that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance. Spain... | |
 | Carl J. Ekberg - 2000 - 359 strani
...the United States of New Orleans and western river commerce: "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...of our territory must pass to market, and from its [the Ohio Valley's] fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain... | |
 | David Nevin - 2001 - 608 strani
..."exactly." Then, pencil scrawling swiftly as he said the words, "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...half of our whole produce and contain more than half of our inhabitants. . . ." Then, a few minutes later, murmuring the coalescing words as he wrote, "The... | |
 | Walter G. Cowan - 2001 - 278 strani
...December 20, 1803, when the United States flag was raised in Jackson Square. Map by John C. Chase. is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans,...three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her... | |
 | Howard Jones - 2002 - 309 strani
...States and will form a new epoch in our political course. . . . There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual...three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. . . . France, placing herself in that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance. . . . The day that... | |
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There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of threeeighths of our territory must pass to market... 
