Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... official of Cathay , in which country he supposed himself to be , the idea of Cipango apparently having been abandoned . " Many at the present day , " says Washington Irving , " will smile at this embassy to a naked savage chieftain in ...
... official of Cathay , in which country he supposed himself to be , the idea of Cipango apparently having been abandoned . " Many at the present day , " says Washington Irving , " will smile at this embassy to a naked savage chieftain in ...
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... official authority , at the same period , gives the total as a little less than 500,000 . The exact number is not important . The institution on a large scale , in its relation to the total number of whites , was a fact . It is , of ...
... official authority , at the same period , gives the total as a little less than 500,000 . The exact number is not important . The institution on a large scale , in its relation to the total number of whites , was a fact . It is , of ...
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... official report gives the total population in 1775 as 171,620 , of whom less than 100,000 were white . The absence of precious metals is doubtless the main reason for the lack of Spanish interest in the development of the country . For ...
... official report gives the total population in 1775 as 171,620 , of whom less than 100,000 were white . The absence of precious metals is doubtless the main reason for the lack of Spanish interest in the development of the country . For ...
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... years after its settlement , the latter had a population a little exceeding a million , while the former , in 1792 , or two hundred and eighty years after its occupation , is officially credited with a 22 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... years after its settlement , the latter had a population a little exceeding a million , while the former , in 1792 , or two hundred and eighty years after its occupation , is officially credited with a 22 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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Albert Gardner Robinson. years after its occupation , is officially credited with a population of 272,300 . Of these , 153,559 were white and 118,741 were colored . Several forces came into operation at this time , and population ...
Albert Gardner Robinson. years after its occupation , is officially credited with a population of 272,300 . Of these , 153,559 were white and 118,741 were colored . Several forces came into operation at this time , and population ...
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Page 129 - 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 133 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question — Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question In.
Page 127 - These islands, from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union.
Page 178 - As I said in my message of last December, it was not civilized warfare; it was extermination. The only peace it could beget was that of the wilderness and the grave.
Page 158 - While conscious that the insurrection in Cuba has shown a strength and endurance which make it at least doubtful whether it be in the power of Spain to subdue it, it seems unquestionable that no such civil organization exists which may be recognized as an independent government capable of performing its international obligations and entitled to be treated as one of the powers of the earth.
Page 149 - I call upon every officer of this government, civil or military, to use all efforts in his power to arrest, for trial and punishment, every such offender against the laws providing for the performance of our sacred obligations to friendly powers.
Page 119 - Is taxable under section 4262 (a) (2) as transportation from one port in the United States to another port In the United States. (c) Northern portion of the Western Hemisphere.
Page 242 - 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 7 - ... of various forms, the highest and most beautiful that I have met with, and an infinity of other great and green trees ; the birds in rich plumage, and the verdure of the fields, render this country, most serene princes, of such marvellous beauty, that it surpasses all others in charms and graces, as the day doth the night in lustre.
Page 219 - They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands in their hands, and certain dried herbs which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling aud puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a tobacco, a name since transferred to the plant of which the rolls were made.