Our well-founded claim, grounded on continuity, has greatly strengthened, during the same period, by the rapid advance of our population toward the territory-its great increase, especially in the valley of the Mississippi-as well as the greatly increased facility of passing to the territory by more accessible routes, and the far stronger and rapidly-swelling tide of population that has recently commenced flowing into it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Our claim to the territory is stronger due to population growth and better routes.
- In plain terms
- More people moving there and easier travel make our claim stronger.
- What can you take from it?
- Population growth strengthens territorial claims.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should population dictate land rights?
Another view
Population pressure does not justify all claims ethically.
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