 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...  Thomas Jefferson - Stran 225avtor: David Saville Muzzey - 1918 - 319 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Howard Louis Conard - 1901 - 810 strani
...to the ocean through the Mississippi — using in his letter this language : "There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural...three-'eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will, before long, yield more than half of our whole produce and contain... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - 1909 - 902 strani
...letter to Mr. Livingstone, the American minister in France (April 18, 1802) : " There is on the globe, one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural...three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, mud from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1901 - 744 strani
...possession of that spot, added Jefferson, makes her "our natural enemy." Through New Orleans, said he, the produce of three-eighths of our territory " must...that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance." M1 THE STUDENT S AMERICAN HISTORY. [1803. " we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation."... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 332 strani
...ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants. France, placing herself in that door, assumes to us...defiance. Spain might have retained it quietly for years. ..." The old-time friend of France did not stick. Threat. He goes on as follows : " The day that France... | |
 | Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 strani
...It completely reverses all the political relations of the United States. * * * There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy — it is New Orleans. * * * It is impossible that France and the United States can continue long friends when they meet in... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 702 strani
...difference. Her 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 enemy. It is New jQrJgans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from... | |
 | 1915 - 566 strani
...France closed to our trade. Jefferson declared "There is one single spot on the globe the pcsst'ssrr of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans — from that moment we must marry ourselves to... | |
 | Eva Emery Dye - 1902 - 466 strani
...Jefferson penned a letter to Livingstone, the American minister at Paris: " There is on the globe but one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural...defiance. Spain might have retained it quietly for years. Not so France. The impetuosity of her temper, the energy and restlessness of her character, render... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 414 strani
...relations of the United 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...enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three eighths of our territory must pass to market. France, placing herself in that door, assumes to... | |
 | James Parton - 1902 - 798 strani
...own, her misfortunes ours. BUT — " There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which i» our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans,...three-eighths of our territory must pass to market j »nd from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of iur whole produce, and contain more... | |
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