Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4053U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... fact that it is universally regarded as a part of the continental sys- tem of America , identifies that island so closely with the political and commercial welfare of our people , that Congress can not be indifferent to the fact that ...
... fact that it is universally regarded as a part of the continental sys- tem of America , identifies that island so closely with the political and commercial welfare of our people , that Congress can not be indifferent to the fact that ...
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... state of war in the island , and should volun- tarily accord to the armies opposed to her authority the rights of belligerents under the laws of nations . The Congress of the United States , recognizing the fact 14 HOSTILITIES IN CUBA .
... state of war in the island , and should volun- tarily accord to the armies opposed to her authority the rights of belligerents under the laws of nations . The Congress of the United States , recognizing the fact 14 HOSTILITIES IN CUBA .
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... fact than to the niceties of international law . But everything , we repeat , depends upon these matters of fact . If Spain can suppress the insurrec- tion and prevent Cuba from becoming a permanent source of mischief to neighboring ...
... fact than to the niceties of international law . But everything , we repeat , depends upon these matters of fact . If Spain can suppress the insurrec- tion and prevent Cuba from becoming a permanent source of mischief to neighboring ...
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... fact that all the governments since the breaking out of the revolution in 1868 had promised to reform the administration , but that the situation of the island was worse than ever . And Secre- tary Fish informed the Spanish Government ...
... fact that all the governments since the breaking out of the revolution in 1868 had promised to reform the administration , but that the situation of the island was worse than ever . And Secre- tary Fish informed the Spanish Government ...
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... fact , and if declared at all it should be declared whenever the true character of neutrality requires it or the exigencies of law need it . The nature of such action may be political or legal or both . As a political act , impartiality ...
... fact , and if declared at all it should be declared whenever the true character of neutrality requires it or the exigencies of law need it . The nature of such action may be political or legal or both . As a political act , impartiality ...
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Page 233 - The Constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 69 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into .it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Page 281 - ... after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the High Contracting Parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward.
Page 190 - ... applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct ; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Page 55 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible therefore that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 69 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Page 87 - Manchester, and compare it with what it was at the close of the last and the commencement of the present century, we shall find that at that period the useful and industrial arts were comparatively of little importance.
Page 340 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Page 540 - ... sentences of the tribunals, in all cases which may concern them, and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evidence which may be exhibited in the said trials.
Page 280 - America in the preceding article of this convention, and as an equivalent therefor, His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands hereby agrees to admit all the articles named in the following schedule, the same being the growth, manufacture, or produce of the United States of America, into all the ports of the Hawaiian Islands free of duty. Schedule.