 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 India...  The North American Review - Page 7441896Full view - About this book
 | John Bach McMaster - 1900 - 620 pages
...appendages to the North American continent. One of them, Cuba, lying almost within sight of our shores, is an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our union. It commands the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas. The character of its population,... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1900 - 616 pages
...appendages to the North American continent. One of them, Cuba, lying almost within sight of our shores, is an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our union. It commands the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas. The character of its population,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1901 - 1438 pages
...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...population, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of St. Domingo, its safe and capacious harbor of the Habana, fronting a long line... | |
 | 1901 - 1070 pages
...their local position and natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...importance to the commercial and political interests of onr Union. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gnlf of Mexico and the West India seas, the... | |
 | John Brooks Henderson - 1901 - 548 pages
...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...transcendent importance to the commercial and political interest of our Union. ... In looking forward to the probable course of events for the short period... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1903 - 392 pages
...them, to others. These islands are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo, its safe... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - 1903 - 353 pages
...them, to others. These islands are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas, its situation midway between our southern coast and the island of San Domingo, its safe... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 550 pages
...1823, in reference to Cuba and Porto Rico: "Those islands, from their local position, are naturally appendages to the North American continent; and one...importance to the commercial and political interests to our Union. * * * It is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 556 pages
...1823, in reference to Cuba and Porto Rico: "Those islands, from their local position, are naturally appendages to the North American continent; and one...importance to the commercial and political interests to our Union. * * * It is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to... | |
 | Archibald Ross Colquhoun - 1904 - 488 pages
...that Cuba and Puerto Rico are " natural appendages of the North American continent," and the former " an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union." He pointed out the commanding position of the island, the safe and commodious harbor of Havana, fronting... | |
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