 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...  Three Years in North America - Σελίδα 263των James Stuart - 1833 - 544 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Sharp Williams - 1913 - 358 σελίδες
...from the President, and the pathway for American negotiators was simplified. Jefferson had said: — "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... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1913 - 620 σελίδες
...times, but he had confidence in the reasonableness of the French government. He wrote on April 18, 1802: "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, which in conjunction can maintain... | |
 | Henry Eldridge Bourne - 1914 - 528 σελίδες
...one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and political enemy. It is New Orleans. . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within her low-water mark. . . . From that time we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation."... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1915 - 422 σελίδες
...France and the United States can continue long friends when they meet in so irritable a position. . . . 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... | |
 | Carl Russell Fish - 1915 - 570 σελίδες
...between the United States and England. In a letter intended to be read by the French leaders he wrote : "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, which in conjunction can maintain... | |
 | Carl Lotus Becker - 1915 - 414 σελίδες
...France and the United States can continue long friends when they meet in so irritable a position. . . . 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... | |
 | John Hibbert De Witt, Willian Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sloussat - 1924 - 346 σελίδες
...much disturbed, sent Livingston, our minister to France, a letter intended for Napoleon's perusal: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within the low-water mark. . . . From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet... | |
 | James Morgan - 1915 - 616 σελίδες
...globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural enemy. It is New Orleans. . . . The day France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within her low-water mark. It seals the union of the two nations which, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 476 σελίδες
...door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance. Spain might havje retained it quietly for years. . . . 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... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1916 - 598 σελίδες
...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 fixes the sentence which is to retain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction,... | |
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