 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...  History of Kentucky - Page 426by William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter - 1922 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1829 - 582 pages
...see this; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans,...low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 554 pages
...this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - Louisiana - 1830 - 468 pages
...against France. See Ap- . pendix, No. 18. Mr. Jefferson also wrote to Mr. Livingston, as follows: — "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1830 - 538 pages
...this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever 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 we must marry... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...completely negative the charge of partiality to France, which has been so often imputed to him : " The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Mann Butler - Clark's Expedition to the Illinois - 1834 - 430 pages
...236. t Idem, p, 446. I Idem. p. 829. Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her for ever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain the possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 618 pages
...this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. 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... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis. 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... | |
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