...the law of nations; or rather in the special laws of our own country; for I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread, will not be admitted to...this whole northern continent of America. Francis I. is related to have replied to this pretension, that he should like to see the clause in Adam's Will,...

...the law of nations; or rather in the special laws of our own country; for I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread, will not be admitted to...this whole northern continent of America. Francis L is related to have replied to this pretension, that he should like to see the clause in Ailunis Will,...

...the law of nations; or rather in the special laws of our own country; for I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread, will not be admitted to...this whole northern continent of America. Francis I. is related to have replied to this pretension, that he should like to see the clause in Adam's Will,...

...the law of nations ; or rather in the special laws of our own country ; for I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread, will not be admitted to...Speaker, reminds me of another source of title which is w r orthy of being placed beside it. Spain and Portugal, we all know, in the early part of the sixteenth...

...the law of nations ; or rather, in the special laws of our own country ; for I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted to...exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation ! 2 This seems to have been the first occurrence of the phrase in Congress. It was taken up and made...

...the Pacific Ocean ... to carry the career of mankind to its culminating point" — and this divine "right of manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted...to exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation."28 Implicit in all these statements — drawn from Jewett's July Fourth speech, Tefft's university...