 | François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - 1830 - 468 ページ
...longed for a rupture, when they might occupy New Orleans. " The Mississippi is ours," they said, " by the law of nature; it belongs to us by our numbers,...power in the world shall deprive us of this right. We do not prevent the Spanish and French from ascending the river to our towns and villages. We wish... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - 1852 - 490 ページ
...about to escape, and with one deep and pervading sentiment they exclaimed, " The Mississippi is ours. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters. If our liberty be disputed nothing shall prevent our taking forcible possession. If Congress refuses... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1854 - 666 ページ
...were desert and barren. Our innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given...power in the world shall deprive us of this right. We do not prevent the Spaniards and French from ascending the river to our towns and villages. We wish... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1854 - 676 ページ
...Western people, " is ours* by the law of nature ; it belongs to us by our numbers, and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before...innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters, and we wish to uso it... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1854 - 674 ページ
...•Western people, " is ours* by the law of nature ; it belongs to us by our numbers, and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before...innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters, and we wish to use it... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1867 - 680 ページ
...Western people, " is ours* by the law of nature; it belongs to us by our numbers, and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before...innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters, and we wish to use it... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - 1885 - 674 ページ
...Western people, " is ours* by the law of nature ; it belongs to us by our numbers, and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before...innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters, and we wish to use it... | |
 | John M. Keating - 1888 - 396 ページ
...Mississippi," they said, " is ours l by the law of nature ; it belongs to us by our numbers and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before our arrival, were desert or barren. Our innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is... | |
 | Emerson W. Gould - 1889 - 792 ページ
...by the law of nature; it belongs to us by our numbers and by the labor which we have bestowed upon those spots, which before our arrival were desert...innumerable rivers swell it and flow with it into the Gulf of Mexico. Its mouth is the only issue which nature has given to our waters, and we wish to use it... | |
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Western people, " is ours* by the law of nature ; it belongs to us by our numbers, and by the labor which we have bestowed on those spots which, before our arrival, were desert and barren. Our innumerable rivers swell it, and flow with it into the Gulf... 
