 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 880 páginas
...falls, from April to October, and for the remainder of the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. 1 wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion of... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 808 páginas
...falls, from April to October, and for the remainder of the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion of... | |
 | 1899 - 998 páginas
...falls from April to October, and for the remainder of the year there is nothing but rain. Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God that we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | 1908 - 460 páginas
...the mouth of the Columbia? Why, the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish the Kooky .Mountains were an impassable barrier. If there was an embankment of even five feet to be... | |
 | Nebraska State Historical Society - 1911 - 318 páginas
...be compelled to inhabit unless as a punishment for crime. Why, sir, of what use will this territory be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. " Mr. William Sturgis, in speaking for the New England commerce before the... | |
 | William Barrows - 1887 - 460 páginas
...prosperous and wealthy." This is the senator who, speaking of Oregon as a farming country, said, " I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory." Some years after his defence of the East, Webster admitted the strong opposition of the East to the... | |
 | James Lane Allen - 1892 - 218 páginas
...wealth of the Indies would be insum% cient. Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? Why, I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I thank God for his mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there." costumes, the American Fur n iff "^... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - 1895 - 386 páginas
...the mouth of the Columbia? Why the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not, for that...give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish the Rocky Mountains were an impassable barrier. If there was an embankment of even five feet to be... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1898 - 208 páginas
...covered with stone and volcanic remains, where rain never falls except during the spring. . . . Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of mmlT for the whole territory. 1 with to Qod we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier... | |
 | United States. General Land Office, Binger Hermann - 1898 - 130 páginas
...wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what usi; will this be for agricultural purposes? Why, I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I thank God for His mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there. A SPLENDID EMPIRE. Had such pessimistic... | |
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Why, sir, of what use will this be for agricultural purposes ? I would not for that purpose give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. I wish to God we did not own it. 
