 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 768 pages
...reach the Rocky Mountains, we should be unwise did we not pass that narrow space which separates the mountains from the ocean, to secure advantages far...between the Mississippi and the mountains. Gentlemen arc talking of natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary 81 HISTORY OF CONGRESS. Columbia River.... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - British Columbia - 1884 - 804 pages
...erected on the Oregon River. . .which tract of country is hereby declared to be the territory of Oregon." 'Gentlemen are talking of natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean.' Haylitm of Mays. 'The spirit of migration should rather be repressed in your citizens than encouraged.'... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - Northwest Coast of North America - 1886 - 830 pages
...erected on the Oregon River. . .which tract of country is hereby declared to be the territory of Oregon.' 'Gentlemen are talking of natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean.' Baylies of ilaxs. 'The spirit of migration should rather be repressed in your citizens than encouraged.... | |
 | Oregon - 1899 - 750 pages
...reach the Rocky mountains, we should be unwise did we not pass that narrow space which separates the mountains from the ocean, to secure advantages far...advantages of all the country between the Mississippi river and the mountains. Gentlemen are talking of our natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary... | |
 | Oregon - 1899 - 674 pages
...reach the Rocky mountains, we should be unwise did we not pass that narrow space which separates the mountains from the ocean, to secure advantages far...advantages of all the country between the Mississippi river and the mountains. Gentlemen are talking of our natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary... | |
 | Eva Emery Dye - Americana - 1900 - 226 pages
...forbid." But New England generally stood by us. Said Senator Baylies of Massachusetts, " Gentlemen, we are talking of natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean." That was in 1823. " The spirit of migration should be repressed," said Breckenridge of Kentucky. Some... | |
 | Armistead Churchill Gordon - Virginia - 1923 - 186 pages
...Rocky Mountains," he said, "we should be unwise did we not pass that narrow space which separates the mountains from the Ocean, to secure advantages far...mountains. Gentlemen are talking of natural boundaries. Our natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The swelling tide of our population must and will roll on... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Local history - 1905 - 492 pages
...reach the Rocky Mountains we should be unwise did we not pass that narrow space which separates the mountains from the ocean, to secure advantages far...Gentlemen are talking of natural boundaries. Sir, one natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The swelling tide of our population must and will roll on... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - Northwest, Pacific - 1901 - 474 pages
...reach the Rocky Mountains, we would be unwise did we not pass the narrow space which separates the mountains from the ocean, to secure advantages far...country between the Mississippi and the mountains. Sir, our national boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The swelling tide of our population must and will... | |
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Gentlemen are talking of natural boundaries. Sir, our natural boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The swelling tide of our population must and will roll on until that mighty ocean interposes its waters and limits our territorial empire. 