Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 15Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1967 |
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Page 233
... route , it is shown , is 1,706 miles shorter than that by the isthmus of Panama . This latter route , as the memorialists truly observe , would bring us , in time of war , " under the guns of hostile forts and fleets , without any ports ...
... route , it is shown , is 1,706 miles shorter than that by the isthmus of Panama . This latter route , as the memorialists truly observe , would bring us , in time of war , " under the guns of hostile forts and fleets , without any ports ...
Page 237
... route , to our possessions on the Pacific , is greater , than by that across the isthmus of Panama . To prove this no- table proposition , he assumes ( the most convenient mode of going to work , in a mere Congressional speech ) —that ...
... route , to our possessions on the Pacific , is greater , than by that across the isthmus of Panama . To prove this no- table proposition , he assumes ( the most convenient mode of going to work , in a mere Congressional speech ) —that ...
Page 243
... routes , or of their superior advanta- ges . But our author goes on . " Let me fix your attention exclusively on the route by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ; a route which , if practicable , on almost any terms- ( on any terms ) must ...
... routes , or of their superior advanta- ges . But our author goes on . " Let me fix your attention exclusively on the route by the Isthmus of Tehuantepec ; a route which , if practicable , on almost any terms- ( on any terms ) must ...
Contents
ART PAGE | 12 |
GUIZOTS DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE | 114 |
CRITICAL NOTICES | 253 |
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