The Pearl of the Antilles: A View of the Past and a Glance at the FutureKnickerbocker Press, 1898 - 84 pages |
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... , and other foreign consuls of that period unanimously testify to the general good public order he maintained . Up to this time , the four hundred t tribute Cortes ولام مرام أن 477 0 thousand free Of the Antilles . 5.
... , and other foreign consuls of that period unanimously testify to the general good public order he maintained . Up to this time , the four hundred t tribute Cortes ولام مرام أن 477 0 thousand free Of the Antilles . 5.
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... four hours ' sleep was sufficient for a slave . " No wonder that , under such a system , not a female nor an aged negro could be found on many a plantation . In spite of such excesses and crimes against humanity , Cuba bore an outward ...
... four hours ' sleep was sufficient for a slave . " No wonder that , under such a system , not a female nor an aged negro could be found on many a plantation . In spite of such excesses and crimes against humanity , Cuba bore an outward ...
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... four representatives from Cuba sat in the Cortes at Mad- rid , and , thanks to the united efforts of disinterested Cubans and Span- iards , laws were passed which gradu- ally abolished slavery ( total abolition was only accomplished by ...
... four representatives from Cuba sat in the Cortes at Mad- rid , and , thanks to the united efforts of disinterested Cubans and Span- iards , laws were passed which gradu- ally abolished slavery ( total abolition was only accomplished by ...
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... four years , —a sum very nearly sufficient to have paid off the Cuban debt , to have met current expenses , and to have promoted the general welfare and prosperity of the country . General Pando , who has seen years of hard service in ...
... four years , —a sum very nearly sufficient to have paid off the Cuban debt , to have met current expenses , and to have promoted the general welfare and prosperity of the country . General Pando , who has seen years of hard service in ...
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... four hundred and thirty members ! The genuine representation of Cuba has not reached sometimes 0.96 per cent . of the total number of members of the Spanish Congress . The great majority of the Cuban deputation has always consisted of ...
... four hundred and thirty members ! The genuine representation of Cuba has not reached sometimes 0.96 per cent . of the total number of members of the Spanish Congress . The great majority of the Cuban deputation has always consisted of ...
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Popular passages
Page 73 - 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 55 - Maine, by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive proof of a state of things in Cuba that is intolerable. That condition is thus shown to be such that the Spanish Government...
Page 66 - When the inability of Spain to deal successfully with the insurrection has become manifest, and it is demonstrated that her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba for all purposes of its rightful existence, and when a hopeless struggle for its re-establishment has degenerated into a strife, which means nothing more than the useless 35' sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subjectmatter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain...
Page iii - 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 69 - Fourth, and which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this Government an enormous expense. With such a conflict waged for years in an island so near us and with which our people have such trade and business relations; when the lives and liberty of our citizens are in constant danger and their property...
Page 68 - In the cause of humanity and to put an end to the barbarities, bloodshed, starvation, and horrible miseries now existing there, and which the parties to the conflict are either unable or unwilling to stop or mitigate.
Page 59 - And if our people could see a small fraction of the need, they would pour more "freely from their liberal store " than ever before for any cause. When will the need for this help end ? Not until peace comes and the reconcentrados can go back to their country, rebuild their homes, reclaim their tillage plots, which quickly run up to brush in that wonderful soil and clime, and until they can be free from danger of molestation in so doing. Until then the American people must in the main care for them....
Page 72 - 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 72 - 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 waters.
Page 64 - I am not in favor of annexation; not because I would apprehend any particular trouble from it, but because it is not wise policy to take in any people of foreign tongue and training, and without any strong guiding American element. The fear that, if free, the people of Cuba would be revolutionary is not so well founded as has been supposed, and the conditions for good selfgovernment are far more favorable. The large number of educated and patriotic men, the great sacrifices they have endured, the...