how bad he wanted to president william henry seward. this in a speech to congress in 1856 to obtain an empire is and common so of empires in the world. but he said to govern it well is difficult rare indeed. and he's talking in a period right much than what we've been talking about by which the united states has acquired essentially everything, including the gadsden purchase, that will become part of the modern u.s. and so seward is pointing to the same problem that. adam smith alluded to this not an easy task to undertake. you have to find a way to control this territory and. you have to do it in a way that's fair and we talked about that tension last right. the washington and jefferson run into people who go to the frontier do not want a of intervention in their lives especially from government but the government must be the one that controls the frontier. so this is the kind of territory we're talking about. and for the united states, 1783, when it's only that little bit in green, there's a lot of knowledge this land out here that th