Intervention; Monroe Doctrine; claimsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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... secure for the United States the full enjoyment of that freedom from foreign interference which was one of the highest rights of independent states , for Congress to de- clare its convictions on the subject . The resolutions concluded ...
... secure for the United States the full enjoyment of that freedom from foreign interference which was one of the highest rights of independent states , for Congress to de- clare its convictions on the subject . The resolutions concluded ...
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... secure the open door in China , we have acted in our own interest as well as in the interest of humanity at large . There are , however , cases in which , while our own interests are not greatly involved , strong appeal is made to our ...
... secure the open door in China , we have acted in our own interest as well as in the interest of humanity at large . There are , however , cases in which , while our own interests are not greatly involved , strong appeal is made to our ...
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... secure the establishment of a constitutional government , and next to succeed in the opening of negotiations for peace without the declaration of preliminary condi- tions as an ultimatum on either side . It will be difficult , perhaps ...
... secure the establishment of a constitutional government , and next to succeed in the opening of negotiations for peace without the declaration of preliminary condi- tions as an ultimatum on either side . It will be difficult , perhaps ...
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... secure its permanent establishment in my own country , my anxious recollections , my sympathetick feel- ings , and my best wishes are irresistibly excited , whensoever , in any country , I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of ...
... secure its permanent establishment in my own country , my anxious recollections , my sympathetick feel- ings , and my best wishes are irresistibly excited , whensoever , in any country , I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of ...
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... secure their safety and their escape from the hands of those who still pursue them , it is desired by your Govern- ment that you should intercede with the Sultan in their behalf . The President would be gratified if they could find a ...
... secure their safety and their escape from the hands of those who still pursue them , it is desired by your Govern- ment that you should intercede with the Sultan in their behalf . The President would be gratified if they could find a ...
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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.