 Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? I would not, for that purpose, give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory.  Popular History of Utah - Էջ 7Orson Ferguson Whitney - 1916 - 588 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 806 էջ
...the year there is nothing but rain. 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. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 812 էջ
...the year there is nothing but rain. 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. I wish it wag an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | 1899 - 998 էջ
...the year there is nothing but rain. 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 that we did not own it. I wish it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusion... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1900 - 618 էջ
...mountains five or six hundred miles in extent. 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 it was an impassable barrier to secure us against the intrusions of others. If there was an embankment... | |
 | 1908 - 460 էջ
...the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not for that purpose 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... | |
 | Nebraska State Historical Society - 1911 - 318 էջ
...as a punishment for crime. Why, sir, of what use will this territory 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. " Mr. William Sturgis, in speaking for the New England commerce before... | |
 | William Barrows - 1887 - 460 էջ
...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 էջ
...from here to the Columbia? Why, the wealth of the Indies would be insum% cient. Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? Why, I would not for...for his mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there." costumes, the American Fur n iff "^ j jj nual expedition of the n if**1* ' •f,,i"""ce> ;Tar ] j ^... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - 1895 - 386 էջ
...the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use would it be for agricultural purposes? I would not, for that purpose, 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... | |
 | Binger Hermann, United States. General Land Office - 1898 - 140 էջ
...from here to the Columbia? Why, the wealth of the Indies would be insufficient. Of what use will this be for agricultural purposes? Why, I would not for...for His mercy in placing the Rocky Mountains there. A SPLENDID EMPIRE. Had such pessimistic statesmen prevailed we can now realize what would have been... | |
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