 | 1812 - 314 pages
...for (lopping at Quebec or any where elfe ; but I would take the whole continent from them, and alk them no favors. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax - as now, and having no place of refort in the North, cannot infeft our coaft as they have lately done. It is as eafy to conquer them... | |
 | William James - Ontario - 1818 - 520 pages
...Clay seconded his friend, thus: — " It is absurd to suppose we shall not succeed in our enterprize against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas...on the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do. God has given us the power and the means : we are to blame... | |
 | James Stuart - United States - 1833 - 546 pages
...Congress : — " We have (said he) the Canadas as much under our command, as Great Britain has the ocean. I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favours. God has given us the power and the means." For such a change we ought some day or other to... | |
 | Isaac Brock - Canada - 1845 - 492 pages
...whence he or his family emigrated to the then British provinces of North America, now the United States. command as she (Great Britain) has the ocean ; and...' the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till we do. God has given us the power and the means : we are to blame... | |
 | Isaac Brock - Canada - 1847 - 512 pages
...the scalping knife." " The chagrin felt at Washington," observes James in his Military Occurrences, " when news arrived of the total failure of this the...on the ocean. We must take the continent from them. I wish never to see a peace till me do. God has given us the power and the means: we are to blame if... | |
 | Maria Campbell, James Freeman Clarke - History - 1848 - 508 pages
...on the ocean, is to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or any where else, hut I would take the whole continent from them and ask them no favours. We must take the whole continent from them. I wish ne\er to see peace till we do." Thus spake... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1853 - 722 pages
...conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or anywhere else; but I would take the whole continent from them,...easy to conquer them on the land as their whole Navy could conquer ours on the ocean. As to coping with them at sea, we cannot do it. We can annoy them,... | |
 | Henry James Morgan - Canada - 1862 - 812 pages
...succeed in our enterprise against the enemy's provinces. Wo have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean; and the way to conquer...from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot rendezvous at Halifax as now; and having no place of resort in the north, cannot infest our coast as... | |
 | Henry James Morgan - Canada - 1862 - 808 pages
...where else; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot rendezvous at Halifax as now ; and having no place...have lately done. It is as easy to conquer them on land, as their whole navy would conquer ours on the ocean. We must take the continent from them : I... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1853 - 724 pages
...conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land. I am not for stopping at Quebec or anywhere else; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favor». Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax as now, and having no place of resort in the... | |
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Quebec, or any where else ; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax, as now ; and, having no place of resort in the north, cannot infest our coast as they have lately done. It... 
