 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
 | William Ray Manning - 1916 - 432 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
...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...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,... | |
 | Graham Henry Stuart - 1922 - 430 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...with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian Seas; the character of its population; its situation midway between our southern coast and the... | |
 | 1922 - 460 pages
...annexed. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE TREATY OF DECEMBER 10, 1898 The commercial importance of Cuba, its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the approaches to the Panama Canal, its menace as a breeding ground for yellow fever, had made it for a... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Edward Chapman - 1927 - 714 pages
...views about Cuba in a letter he wrote on April 28, 1823, to our minister in Spain. "Cuba," he said, "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 Havana, fronting a long line... | |
 | Charles Edward Chapman - 1927 - 712 pages
...views about Cuba in a letter he wrote on April 28, 1823, to our minister in Spain. "Cuba," he said, "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 Havana, fronting a long line... | |
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