 | John Pickell - 1856 - 186 pages
...opinion, the gift of prophecy to foretell. The Western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards, very impolitically,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 804 pages
...opinion, the gift of prophecy to foretell. "The western states (I speak now from my own observation) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi, until the Spaniards, very impolitically,... | |
 | George Bancroft - Constitutional history - 1882 - 556 pages
...the union together by indissoluble bonds. The western states, I speak now from my own observation, stand as it were upon a pivot; the touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards threw difficulties... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...the union together by indissoluble bonds. The western states, I speak now from my own observation, stand as it were upon a pivot; the touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards threw difficulties... | |
 | New England - 1890 - 746 pages
...and even contemplated seeking support from England. " The western states," Washington truly wrote, " stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way." Considering also the great commercial value of such a connection, Washington... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1885 - 616 pages
...the union together by indissoluble bonds. The western states, I speak now from my own observation, stand as it were upon a pivot ; the touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards threw difficulties... | |
 | Ohio - 1909 - 620 pages
...Creek. These words are used by Washington : "The Western States, I speak now from my own observation, stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them either way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards, very impolitically... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 436 pages
...as I do, can harbor the slightest doubt." " The western States, I speak now from my own observation, stand, as it were, upon a pivot ; the touch of a feather would turn them any way. They have looked down the Mississippi until the Spaniards, very impolitically,... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - Northwest, Old - 1888 - 554 pages
...opinion, the gift of prophecy to foretell. The western states (I speak now from my own observation) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way." Washington proceeds at length in this letter to urge the importance of opening... | |
 | William Parker Cutler, Julia Perkins Cutler - Congregational churches - 1888 - 558 pages
...most people conceive (from the emigration of foreigners, who will have no particular preobservation) stand, as it were, upon a pivot. The touch of a ,^ feather would turn them any way." Washington proceeds at length in this letter to urge the importance of opening... | |
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The western States (I speak now from my own observation) stand as it were upon a pivot. The touch of a feather would turn them any way. 
