But his party was strongest in precisely those parts of the country where the mouth of the Mississippi was held to be of right the property of the United States; and the pressure of public opinion was too strong for Jefferson to think of resisting it.
Roosevelt notes the strong public sentiment in favor of American control over the Mississippi River during Jefferson's presidency.
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