...Napoleon then said: "This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States; and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." And in his message transmitting this treaty to Congress, which caused it proclaimed on October 21,...

...signing of the treaty: "This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States. I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." James Monroe and Eobert Livingston were men who could not fail to realize the value of the astounding...

...Napoleon then said: "This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States, and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will, sooner or later, humble her pride." Jefferson, in his message to Congress transmitting this treaty, said: "The fertility of the country,...

...Bonaparte exclaimed: 'This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States, and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride.' " 78. "The President's hostility to the United States Bank . . . had more to do probably than anything...

...to her marine. This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States; and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." f Hitchcock, The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History and Building of the West; Roosevelt,...

...treaty he said : " This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States. I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." Florida became ours in 1819. This gave us undisputed possession of the coast from Maine to the eastern...

...motives of policy. " This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States. I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." Jefferson was at first inclined to doubt whether the Constitution gave our government the right to...

...Louisiana Purchase, he wrote at the time, "strengthens forever the power of the United States; and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." For Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase was more, much more, than just a solution to his "western" problem...

...oncoming war with England but helped to create a maritime power to rival his enemy. As Napoleon declared: "I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." ALBERTA COLLIER, Seated Mulatto, 1938 New Orleans had the most complex society of any city in the American...

...party in America, and of restraining the power of Great Britain. When the treaty was completed he said: "I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride." Jefferson saw in it the first giant stride of his country to the Pacific ocean, and the permanent triumph...