A History of the Spanish-American War of 1898D. Appleton, 1900 - 415 pages |
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... tion at the hands of Cuban writers , and of some Americans ; but the facts of this dark page of her colonial annals do not rest upon the testimony of any foreign critic . They are told by that great Spaniard , Bartolome de las Casas ...
... tion at the hands of Cuban writers , and of some Americans ; but the facts of this dark page of her colonial annals do not rest upon the testimony of any foreign critic . They are told by that great Spaniard , Bartolome de las Casas ...
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... tion of African negroes into her colonies . A con- sideration for this act of humanity was the receipt of two million dollars from the British Government -which , a hundred years before , had itself bought from Spain a monopoly of the ...
... tion of African negroes into her colonies . A con- sideration for this act of humanity was the receipt of two million dollars from the British Government -which , a hundred years before , had itself bought from Spain a monopoly of the ...
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... of the press censorship ; the right of assembly ; the lessening of taxa- tion , and the enforcement of the laws against the slave trade . ocean . It would have destroyed the political su- premacy 28 THE SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR.
... of the press censorship ; the right of assembly ; the lessening of taxa- tion , and the enforcement of the laws against the slave trade . ocean . It would have destroyed the political su- premacy 28 THE SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR.
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... tion of telegraph lines by the insurgents they had not reached Santiago in time . Finally Spain consented to surrender the Virginius , to release the surviving Americans in her crew , to pay an indemnity of eighty thousand dollars , to ...
... tion of telegraph lines by the insurgents they had not reached Santiago in time . Finally Spain consented to surrender the Virginius , to release the surviving Americans in her crew , to pay an indemnity of eighty thousand dollars , to ...
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... tion . His first negotiation failed be- cause the insurgent leaders to whom he made overtures , and who expressed a desire for peace , were murdered by the irreconcilables who had decreed death to any one treating with the Spaniards ...
... tion . His first negotiation failed be- cause the insurgent leaders to whom he made overtures , and who expressed a desire for peace , were murdered by the irreconcilables who had decreed death to any one treating with the Spaniards ...
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A History of the Spanish-American War of 1898 Richard Handfield Titherington No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 83 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 82 - ... the lives and liberty of our citizens are in constant danger and their property destroyed and themselves ruined — where our Trading vessels are liable to seizure and are seized at our very door by warships of a foreign nation ; the expeditions of filibustering that we are powerless to prevent altogether, and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising...
Page 83 - Congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution and the law, I await your action.
Page 17 - ... we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
Page 87 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Page 87 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 89 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 86 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 387 - Upon the conclusion and signing of this protocol, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces.