 | 1812 - 314 pages
...our enterprise againft the enemy's provinces. We have the Canudas as much under our command as fhe has the ocean ; and the way to conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land. I am not for (lopping at Quebec or any where elfe ; but I would take the whole continent from them, and alk them... | |
 | English literature - 1839 - 756 pages
..." It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do." A similar impression... | |
 | James Stuart - United States - 1833 - 928 pages
...his opinion on this subject in one of his celebrated speeches in Congress : — " We have (said he) the Canadas as much under our command, as Great Britain has the ocean. I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favours. God has given us the power and... | |
 | Hugh Murray - America - 1839 - 384 pages
...added, " It is bsurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean. — We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do."t A similar impression... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Bermuda Islands - 1839 - 390 pages
..." It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean. — We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do."t A similar impression... | |
 | Maria Campbell, James Freeman Clarke - History - 1848 - 508 pages
...is absurd to suppose, that we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean, and the way to coni quer her on the ocean, is to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or any where... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1853 - 722 pages
...our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as she has the ocean; and the way to conquer her on the ocean...from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or anywhere else; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 822 pages
..." It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do." A similar impression... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1857 - 853 pages
...added, "It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do." A similar impression... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 724 pages
...our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as she has the ocean; and the way to conquer her on the ocean...from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or anywhere else; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favor». Her fleets... | |
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It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean; and the way to conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land. I am not... 
