...for our vessels. No 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...even if they endanger the peace of the Union and our connexion with the other states. No protection, no allegiance!" These maxims are not, in all respects,...

...daily increasing in New Orleans. The fact is, that rumors of the cession of Louisiana to France vhad reached that province, and had produced a deep sensation...closed the tribunal of affairs and causes relating to • Barb6 Marbois' History. Translation from the French. Philadelphia edition. 1830. P 215. the grants...

...emTbarrassmente_ of the West were exp^ed^o_th^whole_peopjle of the United States in so impressive a mauner, as to command their deep attention and to force the...closed the tribunal of affairs and causes relating to * the grants of royal lands and the compositions thereto appertaining, because the ordinance for the...

...ascending the river to our towns and villages. We wish in our turn, without any interruption, to descend it to its mouth, to ascend it again, and exercise our...with the other states. No protection, no allegiance." Perhaps at no period in the history of our Government was the Union in more immediate danger of dissolution....

...maintain ourselves there. If congress refuses us effectual protection, we shall adopt the measures that our safety requires, even if they endanger the peace...with the other states. No protection, no allegiance." Mr. Livingston, the American minister in Paris, sent over specially by Mr. Jefferson to settle this...

...and the protracted embarrassments of the West were exposed to the whole people of the United States m so impressive a manner, as to command their deep attention...closed the tribunal of affairs and causes relating to * i in) 1 1«" Marbois' History. Translation from the French. Philadelphia edition. 1830. P 215. the...

...to our waters, and we wish to use it for our vessels. No power shall deprive us of this right. ... If our most entire liberty in this matter is disputed,...with the other States. No protection, no allegiance." This was one of the last of the protests and threats of the West. The 1 As quoted by Gayarre from a...

...we wish to use it for our vessels. No power in the world shall deprive us of this right. ... If our liberty in this matter is disputed, nothing shall...with the other States. No protection, no allegiance." In November, Mr. Madison wrote to the American minister at Madrid to the effect that the proclamation...

...prevent our taking possession of the capital (of Louisiana,) and when we are once masters of it, we will know how to maintain ourselves there. If Congress...with the other States. No protection, no allegiance." The Government recognized the justice of these plaints, and Mr. Madison himself, while Secretary of...

...the Spaniards and the French from ascending the river to our towns and villages. We wish in outturn to descend it without any interruption to its mouth,...with the other States. No protection, no allegiance." Perhaps at no period in the history of our Government was the Union in more immediate danger of dissolution....