| Frank L. Owsley, Gene Allen Smith - 1997 - 264 страници
...spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy." "It is New Orleans," he professed, "through which the produce of three-eighths of our...our whole produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants."1 Should France remain obstinate in its attitude concerning possession of Louisiana, Jefferson... | |
| Bernard De Voto, Bernard Augustine De Voto - 1998 - 694 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our...its fertility it will ere long yield more than half our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants." But he was saying the same thing in... | |
| Gregory H. Nobles - 1997 - 306 страници
...single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy," he wrote. "It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market." With France in a position to threaten the interests of western farmers, the president concluded, it... | |
| John Warfield Simpson - 1999 - 422 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its [the West's] fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more... | |
| Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our...might have retained it quietly for years. Her pacific disposittons, her feeble state, would induce her to increase our facilities there so that her possession... | |
| Carl J. Ekberg - 2000 - 380 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its [the Ohio Valley's] fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain... | |
| David Nevin - 2001 - 640 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our...produce and contain more than half of our inhabitants. . . ." Then, a few minutes later, murmuring the coalescing words as he wrote, "The day that France... | |
| Walter G. Cowan - 2001 - 300 страници
...raised in Jackson Square. Map by John C. Chase. is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eighths of our territory must pass to market. . . . The day that France takes possession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her... | |
| Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes - 2002 - 376 страници
...which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three-eights of our territory must pass to market, and from its...fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our produce, and contain more than half of our inhabitants. France, placing herself in that door, assumes... | |
| Howard Jones - 2002 - 334 страници
...globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual 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 us the attitude of defiance. . . . The day that... | |
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