...in the cession of Texas to Spain? ""The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours," says he, " with all its fountains, springs and floods; and woe to the statesman that shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water—one inch of its soil—to any foreign power."...

...discussed, had no confidence in the claim to the Rio Grande. Mr. Benton, in his eloquent language says : " The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours, with all its fountains, springs and floods." And again : " The Rio del Norte is a Mexican river by position and possession." Now in view of historical...

...authors and their motives, and imprecated a woe on the heads of those who should continue to favor it. "The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil, to any foreign power." In these terms I spoke, and in this spirit I wrote, before...

...authors and their motives, and imprecated a woe on the heads of those who should continue to favor it. "The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil, to any foreign power." In these terms I spoke, and in this spirit I wrote, before...

...spirits, and these cheered Benton to the echo when he attacked it in public with fierce vehemence. " The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil to any foreign power." So he said, his words ringing with the boastful confidence...

...spirits, and these cheered Benton to the echo when he attacked it in public with fierce vehemence. " The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...; and woe to the statesman who shall undertake to surrenderone drop of its water, one inch of its soil to any foreign power." So he said, his words ringing...

...entered the Senate. In one of his speeches when the Florida purchase was under consideration he said : " The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil, to any foreign power." We can well understand how these brave words fell with...

...spirits, and these cheered Benton to the echo when he attacked it in public with fierce vehemence. "The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours,...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil to any foreign power." So he said, his words ringing with the boastful confidence...

...used these remarkable words: The magnificent valley of the Mississippi is ours, with all its fountain springs and floods, and woe to the statesman who shall...water or one inch of its soil to any foreign power. He renounced the treaty for the joint occupation of Oregon with the British and urged the policy of...

...Mississippi. . . . The magnificent valley of the Mississippi," he wrote in the St. Louis Enquirer, " is ours, with all its fountains, springs, and floods...shall undertake to surrender one drop of its water, one inch of its soil, to any foreign power." And on October 23 of the next year he wrote in the same...