Twenty Years of the Republic, 1885-1905 |
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... as " a new and highly dangerous form of oppression , by which Federal judges become at once legislators , judges and execu- tioners . " " Life tenure in the public service " was also disapproved in favour of appointments for fixed ...
... as " a new and highly dangerous form of oppression , by which Federal judges become at once legislators , judges and execu- tioners . " " Life tenure in the public service " was also disapproved in favour of appointments for fixed ...
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Page 547 - 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 372 - States to resist by every means in its power as a willful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. "In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.
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Page 485 - Russia, duly authorized in that behalf, address, in the name of their respective governments, a pressing appeal to the feelings of humanity and moderation of the President and of the American people in their existing differences with Spain. " They earnestly hope that further negotiations will lead to an agreement which, while securing the maintenance of peace, will afford all necessary guarantees for the re-establishment of order in Cuba.
Page 127 - It forbade also a greater charge for a " short haul " than for a " long haul " over the same line and in the same direction.
Page 507 - I even go so far as to say that, terrible as war may be, even war itself would be cheaply purchased if in a great and noble cause the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack should wave together over an Anglo-Saxon alliance.
Page 210 - As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters.
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| Title | Twenty Years of the Republic, 1885-1905 |
| Author | Harry Thurston Peck |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 811 pages |
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