 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 - Seite 263von James Stuart - 1833 - 544 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 474 Seiten
...Livingston, which Dupont was to read, in order that he might communicate its sense to Bonaparte : l — " 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... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 Seiten
...Livingston, which Dupont was to read, in order that he might communicate its sense to Bonaparte : 1 — " 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... | |
 | 1913 - 752 Seiten
...aggressive movement on the American dominions of Spain. Listen to a fe\v of his ingenious sentences: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her lowwater mark. It seals the union of two nations wrho in conjunction can maintain... | |
 | Edward Channing - 1896 - 386 Seiten
...letter will serve to show how serious the matter seemed to the President. Among other things, he said: "The day that France takes possession of New Orleans...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... | |
 | Alexander Francis Morrison - 1896 - 62 Seiten
...position. . . . 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 forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Nathan C. Green - 1896 - 532 Seiten
...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 restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | Binger Hermann, United States. General Land Office - 1898 - 140 Seiten
...England with a view to an alliance against France. His language to Minister Livingston is significant: 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... | |
 | Daniel Wolsey Voorhees - 1898 - 478 Seiten
...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 forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain... | |
 | 1898 - 212 Seiten
...18o2, when he was considering the recent cession of Louisiana by Spain to France. He wrote: "The day 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... | |
 | James Morton Callahan - 1898 - 212 Seiten
...1802, when he was considering the recent cession of Louisiana by Spain to France. He wrote: "The day 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... | |
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