Intervention; Monroe Doctrine; claimsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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John Bassett Moore. The representatives of the United States in South America were directed by Mr. Frelinghuysen harmoniously to join in a courteous and friendly effort to aid the belligerent powers in reaching an agree- men for peace ...
John Bassett Moore. The representatives of the United States in South America were directed by Mr. Frelinghuysen harmoniously to join in a courteous and friendly effort to aid the belligerent powers in reaching an agree- men for peace ...
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... directed to address yourself urgently , though respectfully , to the Sublime Porte on this question . " You will cause it to be strongly represented that while this Gov- ernment has no desire or intention to interfere , in any manner ...
... directed to address yourself urgently , though respectfully , to the Sublime Porte on this question . " You will cause it to be strongly represented that while this Gov- ernment has no desire or intention to interfere , in any manner ...
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... directed Commodore Morgan , the commander of the squadron of the United States in the Mediterra- nean , to send the steamer Mississippi to Constantinople as soon as he should be advised that they desired " to seek a home " in the United ...
... directed Commodore Morgan , the commander of the squadron of the United States in the Mediterra- nean , to send the steamer Mississippi to Constantinople as soon as he should be advised that they desired " to seek a home " in the United ...
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... directed the newly appointed minister to Mexico to visit Havana on his way to Vera Cruz . He was respectfully received by the captain - general , who conferred with him freely on the recent occurrences , but no permanent arrangement was ...
... directed the newly appointed minister to Mexico to visit Havana on his way to Vera Cruz . He was respectfully received by the captain - general , who conferred with him freely on the recent occurrences , but no permanent arrangement was ...
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... directed . " An important law is thus nullified through the influence and agency of a class in Cuba who are the most loud in profession of devo- tion to the integrity of the Spanish territory and to the continuance of Spanish dominion ...
... directed . " An important law is thus nullified through the influence and agency of a class in Cuba who are the most loud in profession of devo- tion to the integrity of the Spanish territory and to the continuance of Spanish dominion ...
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Page 394 - 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 226 - 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 395 - 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 361 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 6 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 362 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 386 - The question presented by the letters * you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us.
Page 395 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 539 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 393 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.