The Law and Policy of Annexation: With Special Reference to the Philippines, Together with Observations on the Status of CubaLongmans, Green, & Company, 1901 - 226 pages |
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... Article of the Treaty of 1803 , by which France ceded Louisiana , reads : " The inhabitants of the " ceded territory shall be incorporated into the Union " of the United States , and admitted as soon as ' possible , according to the ...
... Article of the Treaty of 1803 , by which France ceded Louisiana , reads : " The inhabitants of the " ceded territory shall be incorporated into the Union " of the United States , and admitted as soon as ' possible , according to the ...
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... article of cession in the Treaty of Paris was submitted by the American Commission in what proved to be its accepted form , and its precise de- limitation of the " Philippine Archipelago " embraced the unmentioned Sulu group . The ...
... article of cession in the Treaty of Paris was submitted by the American Commission in what proved to be its accepted form , and its precise de- limitation of the " Philippine Archipelago " embraced the unmentioned Sulu group . The ...
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... Article of the Treaty reads : " The " United States will , for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty , admit Spanish ships and merchan- " dise to the ports of the Philippine ...
... Article of the Treaty reads : " The " United States will , for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty , admit Spanish ships and merchan- " dise to the ports of the Philippine ...
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... Article of the treaty declares also that the Spanish - born residents of the ceded and relin- quished territories , who shall not have elected to re- tain their old allegiance within a given time , shall be deemed to have adopted " the ...
... Article of the treaty declares also that the Spanish - born residents of the ceded and relin- quished territories , who shall not have elected to re- tain their old allegiance within a given time , shall be deemed to have adopted " the ...
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... Articles of cession may contain stipulations , but after the cession is executed non - performance of the stipu- lations will not affect the title of the acquiring state in its own courts . For example , when we acquired California we ...
... Articles of cession may contain stipulations , but after the cession is executed non - performance of the stipu- lations will not affect the title of the acquiring state in its own courts . For example , when we acquired California we ...
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19 Howard acquired acquisition Administration affirmed allegiance Amendment American annexed territory archipelago ARTICLE assertion authority British California ceded territory cession Chief Justice Marshall Chinese citizens citizenship civil claim clause colonial commerce conquest Constitution Crown Cuba Cuban declared District domestic dominion duties effect ernment established executive exercise Federal Rep Filipinos force French Germany Governor-General in Council gress guaranties impose incorporated Indian inhabitants insurgent islands Jules Cambon jurisdiction of Congress Kearny Code land legislature Lord Mansfield Louisiana Madagascar Mahárája Chamrajendra Wadiar Mahárája of Mysore Majesty ment military nation obligations occupation opinion Parliament peace persons Peters Philippines political Porto Rico possession present treaty President principles protection protectorate provision question ratifications recognized regard relation republic respect rule slavery sovereign sovereignty Spain Spanish status Sulu supra Supreme Court tariff terri theory tion Treaty of Paris Union United States territory Wheaton Wong Kim Ark
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Page 202 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 193 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have 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...
Page 204 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and...
Page 204 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Washington the eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Page 9 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 179 - Who is the sovereign, de jure or de facto, of a territory is not a judicial, but is a political question, the determination of which by the legislative and executive departments of any government conclusively binds the judges, as well as all other officers, citizens and subjects of that government. This principle has always been upheld by this court, and has been affirmed under a great variety of circumstances.
Page 55 - Every male person, of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in the State for one year next preceding any election, shall be deemed a qualified elector at such election: 1.
Page 78 - The district of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States, than Maryland or Pennsylvania ; and it is not less necessary, on the principles of our constitution, that uniformity in the imposition of imposts, duties, and excises, should be observed in the one, than in the other.
Page 2 - This principle was, that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page 197 - Cushman K. Davis, William P. Frye, George Gray, and WHitelaw Reid, citizens of the United States; And Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, Don Eugenio Montero Rios, president of the senate, Don Buenaventura de Abarzuza, senator of the Kingdom and ex-minister of the Crown; Don Jose...