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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... CIVIL RIGHTS · TAXATION - COMMERCE FOREIGN COMMERCE DOMESTIC COMMERCE THE PORTO RICO ACT · • · • - THE PLEBISCITE 52 • 52 57 59 61 63 65 70 70 71 76 76 78 82 • 91 98 THE COMMERCIAL UNITY OF THE UNITED STATES VALUE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN ...
... CIVIL RIGHTS · TAXATION - COMMERCE FOREIGN COMMERCE DOMESTIC COMMERCE THE PORTO RICO ACT · • · • - THE PLEBISCITE 52 • 52 57 59 61 63 65 70 70 71 76 76 78 82 • 91 98 THE COMMERCIAL UNITY OF THE UNITED STATES VALUE OF THE CONSTITUTION IN ...
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... Civil War , when , during four years , an insurgent government governed a large territory from a fixed capital , and kept great armies in the field : And , though the proper application of the rule is always a matter of delicacy ...
... Civil War , when , during four years , an insurgent government governed a large territory from a fixed capital , and kept great armies in the field : And , though the proper application of the rule is always a matter of delicacy ...
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... performance , whether through perversity or constitutional inability , would only give Spain a grievance . The Ninth Article declares that " the political " " " status and civil rights of the native 18 LAW AND POLICY OF ANNEXATION.
... performance , whether through perversity or constitutional inability , would only give Spain a grievance . The Ninth Article declares that " the political " " " status and civil rights of the native 18 LAW AND POLICY OF ANNEXATION.
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... civil rights of the native inhabitants of " the territories hereby ceded to the United States " shall be determined by the Congress . " This sin- gular declaration is supposed to negative the idea of an incorporation of territory . Says ...
... civil rights of the native inhabitants of " the territories hereby ceded to the United States " shall be determined by the Congress . " This sin- gular declaration is supposed to negative the idea of an incorporation of territory . Says ...
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... civil government . Even Webster's name cannot dignify the proposition that constitutional guaranties demand respect only when the establishment of civil order under the auspices of Congress renders them less likely to be needed . A ...
... civil government . Even Webster's name cannot dignify the proposition that constitutional guaranties demand respect only when the establishment of civil order under the auspices of Congress renders them less likely to be needed . A ...
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acquired acquisition Administration affirmed allegiance Amendment American annexed territory 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 Howard 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 WILLIAM MCKINLEY Wong Kim Ark
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Page 177 - 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 46 - The powers of the Legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten the Constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained?
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 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 18 - 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 merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.
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.