The Relations of the United States and Spain: DiplomacyC. Scribner's sons, 1909 - 610 pages |
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... sent from Cuba , who , through the French minister , Gerard , addressed a memorial to Congress , May 19 , on the subject of the seizure by American privateers of three vessels under the Spanish flag . ' This was fol- lowed by a letter ...
... sent from Cuba , who , through the French minister , Gerard , addressed a memorial to Congress , May 19 , on the subject of the seizure by American privateers of three vessels under the Spanish flag . ' This was fol- lowed by a letter ...
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... sent to protest . His notes to the minister of foreign affairs were left unanswered and his treatment altogether was one of extreme humiliation and anxiety . Throughout the whole period Spain held rigidly to her views already expressed ...
... sent to protest . His notes to the minister of foreign affairs were left unanswered and his treatment altogether was one of extreme humiliation and anxiety . Throughout the whole period Spain held rigidly to her views already expressed ...
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... sent there , as the slight they put upon our offered friendship is very disreputable to us , and of course hurtful to our affairs elsewhere . I think they are short - sighted and don't look very far into futurity , or they would seize ...
... sent there , as the slight they put upon our offered friendship is very disreputable to us , and of course hurtful to our affairs elsewhere . I think they are short - sighted and don't look very far into futurity , or they would seize ...
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... sent to Kentucky . When in- dependence is declared , Fort Massac [ near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi ] shall be occupied by Spanish troops , and $ 100,000 shall be applied in supporting the garrison . The northern bounds of ...
... sent to Kentucky . When in- dependence is declared , Fort Massac [ near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi ] shall be occupied by Spanish troops , and $ 100,000 shall be applied in supporting the garrison . The northern bounds of ...
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... sent on January 11 , 1803 , a message to the Senate , saying : " The cession of the Spanish province of Louisiana to France , and perhaps of the Floridas , and the late suspension of the right of deposit at New Orleans , are events of ...
... sent on January 11 , 1803 , a message to the Senate , saying : " The cession of the Spanish province of Louisiana to France , and perhaps of the Floridas , and the late suspension of the right of deposit at New Orleans , are events of ...
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Page 586 - 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 202 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 193 - One nation, most of all, could disturb us in this pursuit; she now offers to lead, aid, and accompany us in it. By acceding to her proposition, we detach her from the bands, bring her mighty weight into the scale of free government, and emancipate a continent at one stroke, which might otherwise linger long in doubt and difficulty.
Page 48 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 192 - America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe, and particularly her own. She should therefore have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the •domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be, to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Page 192 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second — never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.
Page 484 - ... 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 reestablishment has degenerated into a strife which means nothing more than the useless sacrifice of human life and the utter destruction of the very subject-matter of the conflict, a situation will be presented in which our obligations to the sovereignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations, which we can hardly hesitate...
Page 584 - ... 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, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battle-ship, with two hundred and sixty-six1 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Page 357 - States in respect of these claims, they have arrived, individually and collectively, at the conclusion that these claims do not constitute, upon the principles of international law applicable to such cases, good foundation for an award of compensation or computation of damages between nations...
Page 155 - We surely cannot deny to any nation that right whereon our own government is founded, that every one may govern itself according to whatever form it pleases, and change these forms at its own will ; and that it may transact its business with foreign nations through whatever organ it thinks proper, whether King, Convention, Assembly, Committee, President, or anything else it may choose. The will of the nation is the only thing essential to be regarded.