Intervention; Monroe Doctrine; claimsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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... hope of preparing the way for an accommodation . M. Drouyn de Lhuys , in addressing him- self to the British government , dwelt on the innumerable calamities and immense bloodshed ' which attended the war , and on the evils which it ...
... hope of preparing the way for an accommodation . M. Drouyn de Lhuys , in addressing him- self to the British government , dwelt on the innumerable calamities and immense bloodshed ' which attended the war , and on the evils which it ...
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... hope we shall have wisdom enough to keep ourselves out of any broil , as I am quite in sentiment with the Baron de Nolken , the Swedish ambassa- dor at St. James's , who did me the honor to visit me , although I had not visited him ...
... hope we shall have wisdom enough to keep ourselves out of any broil , as I am quite in sentiment with the Baron de Nolken , the Swedish ambassa- dor at St. James's , who did me the honor to visit me , although I had not visited him ...
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... hope remains , in either power , of seducing us to engage in war on his side and against his enemy , we shall be torn and convulsed by their manœuvres . " 66 64 " " Patriot Letters , " 1809 , 9 John Adams's Works , 277 . " The principle ...
... hope remains , in either power , of seducing us to engage in war on his side and against his enemy , we shall be torn and convulsed by their manœuvres . " 66 64 " " Patriot Letters , " 1809 , 9 John Adams's Works , 277 . " The principle ...
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... hope that Hayti and St. Domingo may become cordial friends , and may dwell together in peaceful neighborhood , each maintaining its own sovereignty , integ- rity and independence . The forbearing and friendly policy of this government ...
... hope that Hayti and St. Domingo may become cordial friends , and may dwell together in peaceful neighborhood , each maintaining its own sovereignty , integ- rity and independence . The forbearing and friendly policy of this government ...
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... hope that Brazil would , in her domestic affairs , pur- sue a policy of wise moderation . This instruction had reference to the action of the President of Brazil in dissolving Congress and declaring martial law . The Brazilian ...
... hope that Brazil would , in her domestic affairs , pur- sue a policy of wise moderation . This instruction had reference to the action of the President of Brazil in dissolving Congress and declaring martial law . The Brazilian ...
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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.