Joint Resolution Inviting the Republic of Cuba to Become a State of the American Union: Remarks of Hon. Francis G. Newlands of Nevada in the Senate of the United States, November 23 and 25, 1903, Volume 11895 - 16 pages |
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... miles , with an average breadth of about 40 miles , comprising an area of 31,468 square miles . The soil is fertile , climate genial , and its ports the finest in the world . Habana is more famil- iarly known to us , for apart from our ...
... miles , with an average breadth of about 40 miles , comprising an area of 31,468 square miles . The soil is fertile , climate genial , and its ports the finest in the world . Habana is more famil- iarly known to us , for apart from our ...
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... miles of ocean , and an enormous debt accumulated , that the costly possession of the Gem of the Antilles may still hold its place in the Spanish Crown . And yet neither the Government nor the people of the United States have shut their ...
... miles of ocean , and an enormous debt accumulated , that the costly possession of the Gem of the Antilles may still hold its place in the Spanish Crown . And yet neither the Government nor the people of the United States have shut their ...
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... miles long , with an aver- age width of 80 miles , would have required at least two months ' time , as the means of transportation at present are mostly by steamboat to connect with the different ports on the island . One cannot stop at ...
... miles long , with an aver- age width of 80 miles , would have required at least two months ' time , as the means of transportation at present are mostly by steamboat to connect with the different ports on the island . One cannot stop at ...
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... miles along this line . In them are found all the principal varieties of timber trees indigenous to the island . The road also runs through about two hundred miles of the finest pasture lands on the island . Before the Ten - Year War ...
... miles along this line . In them are found all the principal varieties of timber trees indigenous to the island . The road also runs through about two hundred miles of the finest pasture lands on the island . Before the Ten - Year War ...
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... miles from Holguin , from which latter town there is a line of railroad running to the port of Gibara , another important place , near which there are some ex- tensive sugar plantations . In the city of Puerto Principe , the capital of ...
... miles from Holguin , from which latter town there is a line of railroad running to the port of Gibara , another important place , near which there are some ex- tensive sugar plantations . In the city of Puerto Principe , the capital of ...
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Page 12 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our Southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 25 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 124 - ... which forfeiture shall only apply to the whole of the merchandise or the value thereof in the case or package containing the particular article or articles of merchandise to which such fraud or false paper or statement relates.
Page 26 - ... there are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation ; and if an apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom.
Page 17 - I agree with you that the time is come for offering mediation to the United States Government with a view to the recognition of the independence of the Confederates. I agree further that in case of failure, we ought ourselves to recognize the Southern States as an independent State.
Page 44 - Manchester, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.
Page 26 - Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas...
Page 83 - I discover any error in the said invoice, or in the account now rendered of the said goods, wares, and merchandise, or receive any other invoice of the same, I will immediately make the same known to the collector of this district. And I do further solemnly and truly declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief [insert the name and residence of...
Page 5 - During the late conflict between Austria and Hungary there seemed to be a prospect that the latter might become an independent nation. However faint that prospect at the time appeared, I thought it my duty, in accordance with the general sentiment of the American people, who deeply sympathized with the Magyar patriots, to stand prepared, upon the contingency of the establishment by her of a permanent government, to be the first to welcome independent Hungary into the family of nations.
Page 60 - The forfeiture provided for in this section shall apply to the whole of the merchandise or the value thereof in the case or package containing the particular article or articles in each invoice which are undervalued...