...that the West could produce. Hence it was that Mr. Jefferson wrote, in 1802 : " There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural...habitual enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the products of three fifths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long...

...possessor of Egypt must be secured. Then, there was which is our natural enemy. That spot is New Orleans. France, placing herself in that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the liritish fleet and nation. " Livingston did his best....

...of the United States, and will form a new epoch in our political course. * * * There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural...defiance. Spain might have retained it quietly for years. * * * The day that France takes possession of New Orleans * * * seals the union of two nations, who,...

...of the United States, and will form a new epoch in our political course. * * * There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural...defiance. Spain might have retained it quietly for years. * * * The day that France takes possession of New Orleans * * * seals the union of two nations, who,...

...he declared only a few years later, when France did acquire Louisiana, that " there is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans." He was even ready to engage in alliance with England to prevent this French acquisition. Thus the antecedent...

...of Louisiana for the United States. " There is on the globe one single .spot," he wrote in 1802, " the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans. The day that France takes posession of New Orleans fixes the sentence which is to restrain her within...

...letter to Mr. Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802. in Paris, Mr. Jefferson says: There is on the globe one single spot the possessor of which is our natural...three-eighths of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere long yield more than half of our whole produce, and contain more...

...possession of that spot, added Jefferson, makes her "our natural enemy." Through New Orleans, said he, the produce of three-eighths of our territory " must...herself in that door, assumes to us the attitude of defiance."651 It was the intention of Bonaparte to establish a military despotism at New Orleans. "...

...the transaction. In giving his reasons for making the purchase, he said, — " There is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural...enemy. It is New Orleans, through which the produce of three eighths of our territory must pass to market. -This territory, from its fertility, will yield...

...he declared only a few years later, when France did acquire Louisiana, that " there is on the globe one single spot, the possessor of which is our natural and habitual enemy. It is New Orleans." He was even ready to engage in alliance with England to prevent this French acquisition. Thus the antecedent...