...when the chances of an uncertain and tardy communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other side of the Atlantic, that he...thoughts, feelings, and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...when the chances of an uncertain and tardy communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other side of the Atlantic, that he...thoughts, feelings and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation ex*?* ercises on the small communities which...

...uncertain and tardy communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other aide of the Atlantic, that he is reminded of the Empire...thoughts, feelings, and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...the chances of an uncertain, and tardy communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other side of the Atlantic that he is...thoughts, feelings and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...It extends itself as population augments and intercourse increases ; it penetrates every portion ol the continent, into which the restless spirit of American...thoughts, feelings and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...when the chances of an uncertain and tardy communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other side of the Atlantic, that he...thoughts, feelings, and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...increase ; it penetrates every portion of the continent into • Lord Durham's Report, pp. 111-113. which the restless spirit of American speculation...details of ordinary traffic; it stamps on all the habita and opinions of the surrounding countries the common characteristics of the American people....

...communication bring intelligence of what has passed a month before on the other side of the Atlantic,1 that he is reminded of the Empire with which he is...thoughts, feelings and customs of the American people. Such is necessarily the influence which a great nation exercises on the small communities which surround...

...forever present. It extends itself as population augments and intercourse increases: it penetrates exery portion of the continent into which the restless spirit of American speculation impels the sett'er or the trader; it is felt in all the transactions of commerce, from the important operations...

..."The influence of the United States surrounds him on every side," Lord Durham wrote ten years later, "and is for ever present. It extends itself as population...the thoughts, feelings, and customs of the American people."1 Approached from Europe, the continent of North America above Mexico comprised three zones...