 | William Ray Manning - 1916 - 430 pages
...28,_i82^1_Ajiaiii*-d«dai^d-LJiX4ib^j_almost in sight of our shore5^-irom_a_multitude of considerations KasTJecome an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. ... In looking forward to the probable course of events for the short period of half a century, it... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1917 - 554 pages
...them, together with the possession of them, to others. These islands, from their local position, are natural appendages to the North American continent;...has become an object of transcendent importance to i the political and commercial interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the... | |
 | Indu Bhushan De Majumdar - 1918 - 398 pages
...Cuba, almost in sight of the shores of the United States, from a multitude of considerations became an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of the Union. In April, 1823, Secretary Adams sent a long communication from the Department of State,... | |
 | Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - 1900 - 294 pages
...minister at Madrid, April 28, 1823, was moved to say that Cuba, from a multitude of considerations, was an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. That its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India seas, its situation... | |
 | Oklahoma Academy of Science - 1926 - 862 pages
...possessions of the King of Spain. According to Jefferson, our first Secretary of State, these islands were natural appendages to the North American Continent, and one of them, Cuba, was almost within sight of the United States. (1). Among other things, he said that it was scarcely... | |
 | J. Reuben Clark (Jr.) - 1930 - 272 pages
...islands of Porto Eico and Cuba, Secretary Adams said: . . . These Islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent:...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. . . . Such indeed are, between the interests of that... | |
 | Paul George Minneman, United States. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations - 1942 - 162 pages
...pointed out many years ago by the Secretary of State under President Monroe (2, p. 372)' as follows: Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf... | |
 | Paul George Minneman - 1943 - 156 pages
...the Secretary of State under President Monroe (8, p. 87%)* as follows: Cuba, almost in sight of pur shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf... | |
 | United States Cuban Sugar Council - 1952 - 186 pages
...independent nation. John Quincy Adams, while Secretary of State under President Monroe, pointed out that: “Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf... | |
 | 1980 - 272 pages
...islands of Porto Rico and Cuba, Secretary Adams said : . . . These Islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent:...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. . . . Such indeed are, between the interests of that... | |
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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. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West... 
