Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4053U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 17
... Fish that Spain deprecated the expression of the sympathy of the Government and people of the United States for the cause of the revolutionists , as well as the President's declara- tion of the right of the Government of the United ...
... Fish that Spain deprecated the expression of the sympathy of the Government and people of the United States for the cause of the revolutionists , as well as the President's declara- tion of the right of the Government of the United ...
Page 18
... Fish , the mere offer on our part to mediate as between the contending forces was in itself a concession of belligerency and a recognition of that condition . But for various reasons this argument was not pressed by our Government ...
... Fish , the mere offer on our part to mediate as between the contending forces was in itself a concession of belligerency and a recognition of that condition . But for various reasons this argument was not pressed by our Government ...
Page 24
... Fish , has cleared the subject of all preliminary doubts . A state of war exists in Cuba . With that , and with that alone , we have to deal . The precedents are clear , and if our action were to be decided by precedent alone , we ...
... Fish , has cleared the subject of all preliminary doubts . A state of war exists in Cuba . With that , and with that alone , we have to deal . The precedents are clear , and if our action were to be decided by precedent alone , we ...
Page 199
... fishing they conduct a profitable business . Very extensive and excellent fish ponds were built by the natives in the feudal times of the great chiefs , and many of these are leased by Chinese , who work them to great profit . It is ...
... fishing they conduct a profitable business . Very extensive and excellent fish ponds were built by the natives in the feudal times of the great chiefs , and many of these are leased by Chinese , who work them to great profit . It is ...
Page 211
... Fish , Secretary , opinion in favor of an- ships .. 238 , 272-275 nexation 258 product . Coffee , importance of , as a Hawaiian Commerce , Hawaiian statistics Florida , date of annexation 232 ------ 228 Per capita Under annexation 218 ...
... Fish , Secretary , opinion in favor of an- ships .. 238 , 272-275 nexation 258 product . Coffee , importance of , as a Hawaiian Commerce , Hawaiian statistics Florida , date of annexation 232 ------ 228 Per capita Under annexation 218 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affairs American citizens annexation arms army arrested authorities belligerency Bolten Captain-General captured chief civil coast colonies command commercial communication Congress consul consular copy council court Cuban Cushing December declared Department dispatch duty European favor February February 24 Fish FITZHUGH LEE force foreign Gomez Gustave Richelieu Habana Hawaii Hawaiian Islands honor independence instructions insurgents insurrection interests intervention Island of Cuba January José LEGATION Lord Derby Maceo Madrid Matanzas ment military minister nations native naval officers Olney Pacific parties peace Pinar del Rio political port prefect present President prisoners protection protocol province Puerto Principe question received relations Republic of Hawaii revolution RICHARD OLNEY Rockhill SALVADOR CISNEROS BETANCOURT Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba Secretary Senate soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish Government sugar Telegram territory tion town treasury treaty trocha troops United vessel Washington
Popular passages
Page 233 - The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 69 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into .it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 281 - ... after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the High Contracting Parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward.
Page 190 - ... applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct ; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 55 - 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 69 - ... 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 87 - 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 340 - 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 540 - ... sentences of the tribunals, in all cases which may concern them, and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited in the said trials.
Page 280 - America in the preceding article of this convention, and as an equivalent therefor, His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands hereby agrees to admit all the articles named in the following schedule, the same being the growth, manufacture, or produce of the United States of America, into all the ports of the Hawaiian Islands free of duty. Schedule.