Belligerent Rights for Cuba: Speeches of Hon. J.T. Morgan, of Alabama, in the Senate of the United States, January 29, February 5, 20, 24, 25, March 16, 17, 23, 24, and May 6, 1896; April 6, 7, 8, 13, and May 4, 18971897 - 269 pages |
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... 4, 1897 John Tyler Morgan. SA 1612.87 Harvard College Library HARV VERI TAS ACADEMIA INCLOVANG FROM THE FUND FOR A PROFESSORSHIP OF LATIN - AMERICAN HISTORY AND ECONOMICS ESTABLISHED 1913 BELLIGERENT RIGHTS FOR CUBA . SPEECHES OF HON . J.
... 4, 1897 John Tyler Morgan. SA 1612.87 Harvard College Library HARV VERI TAS ACADEMIA INCLOVANG FROM THE FUND FOR A PROFESSORSHIP OF LATIN - AMERICAN HISTORY AND ECONOMICS ESTABLISHED 1913 BELLIGERENT RIGHTS FOR CUBA . SPEECHES OF HON . J.
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... established ; the jurisdiction of the courts defined , tax laws settled , the form of contribution and assessments determined , schools estab- lished , the people to be consulted through their representative as to all these reforms and ...
... established ; the jurisdiction of the courts defined , tax laws settled , the form of contribution and assessments determined , schools estab- lished , the people to be consulted through their representative as to all these reforms and ...
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... established , and if further evidence was needed it was fully given by the subsequent victory at Coliseo , on the ... establish the independence of Cuba by a friendly agreement . In doing so he not only necessarily recognized both ...
... established , and if further evidence was needed it was fully given by the subsequent victory at Coliseo , on the ... establish the independence of Cuba by a friendly agreement . In doing so he not only necessarily recognized both ...
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... establish the independence of Cuba . Now , if it means only that , it is one thing . If it means that we , the two Houses of Congress , can by this action , in fact , recognize on the part of the Government of the United States the ...
... establish the independence of Cuba . Now , if it means only that , it is one thing . If it means that we , the two Houses of Congress , can by this action , in fact , recognize on the part of the Government of the United States the ...
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... established by the history of the legislation of this country and the general course of the executive government . In this recent invasion Lopez and his fellow - subjects in the United States succeeded in deluding a few hundred men by a ...
... established by the history of the legislation of this country and the general course of the executive government . In this recent invasion Lopez and his fellow - subjects in the United States succeeded in deluding a few hundred men by a ...
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Page 75 - If a war be made by invasion of a foreign nation, the President is not only authorized but bound to resist force by force. He does not initiate the war, but is bound to accept the challenge without waiting for any special legislative authority. And whether the hostile party be a foreign invader, or States organized in rebellion, it is none the less a war, although the declaration of it be "unilateral.
Page 29 - Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in, wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Page 30 - But the contest has at no time assumed the conditions which amount to a war in the sense of international law, or which would show the existence of a de facto political organization of the insurgents sufficient to justify a recognition of belligerency.
Page 204 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. To the Senate of the United States : I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the...
Page 163 - American vessels on the high seas in time of peace, bearing the American flag, remain under the jurisdiction of the country to which they belong, and therefore any visitation, molestation, or detention of such vessel by force, or by the exhibition of force, on the part of a foreign power is in derogation of the sovereignty of the United States.
Page 27 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Page 74 - By the Constitution, Congress alone has the power to declare a national or foreign war. It cannot declare war against a State, or any number of states, by virtue of any clause in the Constitution. The Constitution confers on the President the whole executive power. He is bound to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States...
Page 75 - The battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma had been fought before the passage of the Act of Congress of May 13, 1846, which recognized "a state of war as existing by the act of the Republic of Mexico." This act not only provided for the future prosecution of the war, but was itself a vindication and ratification of the act of the President in accepting the challenge without a previous formal declaration of war by Congress.
Page 150 - Every habitation unoccupied will be burned by the troops. 3d. Every habitation from which does not float a white flag, as a signal that its occupants desire peace, will be reduced to ashes.
Page 74 - March, 1807, he is authorized to call out the militia, and use the military and naval forces of the United States in case of invasion by foreign nations, and to suppress insurrection against the government of a State, or of the United States.