The Nicaragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine: A Political History of Isthmus Transit, with Special Reference to the Nicaragua Canal Project and the Attitude of the United States Government Thereto |
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1st Sess 47th Cong abandoned accordingly already American Atlantic Atrato authorities Bancroft Bay islands Belize Britain British canal project canal route Central America claim Clayton Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast colonies colonists Congress continued Cortez Costa Rica Darien diplomatic E. G. Squier eastern encroachment engineers England English settlers established Europe European expedition favor finally force freebooters French further Governor Granada Greytown Guatemala Gulf Gulf of Fonseca henceforth Honduras Indians isthmus of Tehuantepec Jamaica Lake Nicaragua lakes land liberal London Lord Lord Palmerston lower isthmus Majesty's Majesty's government matter ment Mexico monarchs Monroe doctrine Moritz Wagner Mosquito shore mountains nation Nicaragua Nicaragua Canal once Pacific Panama Panama Railway party Pedrarias political port President question republic rival river San Juan secure Senate sent settlement soon Spain Spaniards Spanish Squier surveys Tehuantepec territory tion United voyage West Indies
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Page 133 - The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us.
Page 133 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 599 - ... with any State or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 133 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe ; our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisatlantic affairs.
Page 373 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Page 137 - An agreement between all the parties represented at the meeting, that each will guard, by its own means, against the establishment of any future European colony within its borders, may be found advisable.
Page 597 - The United States of America and the Republic of New Granada, desiring to make as durable as possible the relations which are to be established between the two parties by virtue of this treaty, have declared solemnly, and do agree to the following points: 1st.
Page 597 - For the better understanding of the preceding articles, it is and has been stipulated between the high contracting parties that the citizens, vessels, and merchandise of the United States shall enjoy in the ports of New Granada, including...
Page 209 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether...
Page 600 - ... if both governments, or either government, should deem' that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in...