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" 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... "
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence - Page 408
by Thomas Jefferson - 1859
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 582 pages
...they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to...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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Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to...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...
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Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 554 pages
...they meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to...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...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 656 pages
...position. They, as well as we, must be blind if they do not see this; and we must be very improvi4ent if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis....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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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of ..., Volume 3

Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 538 pages
...meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind, if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to...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...
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The History of Louisiana: Particularly of the Cession of that ..., Volume 1

François marquis de Barbé-Marbois - 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...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...meet in so irritable a position. They, as well as we, must be blind, if they do not see this : and we must be very improvident if we do not begin to...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...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...position. They, as well as we, must be blind, if they do not see this ; and we must be very improvident.if we do not begin to make arrangements on that hypothesis....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...
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Three Years in North America, Volume 2

James Stuart - 1833 - 916 pages
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Three Years in North America, Volume 2

James Stuart - 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...
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