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... interest of some of the ablest men then in the forefront of American public life . Among the leaders in this anti - imperialist campaign was United States Senator R. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota , a pioneer in the wilderness of the ...
... interest of some of the ablest men then in the forefront of American public life . Among the leaders in this anti - imperialist campaign was United States Senator R. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota , a pioneer in the wilderness of the ...
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... interest is promoted by our method of dealing with the island of Neehau . Kauai , the next island , has 590 square miles , and contains 377,000 acres of land , and a population of 15,392 . It is owned almost exclusively by German ...
... interest is promoted by our method of dealing with the island of Neehau . Kauai , the next island , has 590 square miles , and contains 377,000 acres of land , and a population of 15,392 . It is owned almost exclusively by German ...
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... interest there . It is a grazing island . Hawaii , which is the principal island of the group , has an area of 4,210 square miles , or 2,649,000 acres . Its popula- tion is 33,285 . This island , like all the others , is a product of ...
... interest there . It is a grazing island . Hawaii , which is the principal island of the group , has an area of 4,210 square miles , or 2,649,000 acres . Its popula- tion is 33,285 . This island , like all the others , is a product of ...
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... interest of the missionaries who had gone there to convert the people to Christianity and , having abandoned their job , had proceeded to steal their land and steal their Government . Did more Americans go ? The climate had no ...
... interest of the missionaries who had gone there to convert the people to Christianity and , having abandoned their job , had proceeded to steal their land and steal their Government . Did more Americans go ? The climate had no ...
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... interest in the world , and no nation has one so important as we have in the Bering Sea . It will draw fleets of ships there . And all this for the purpose of showing the importance of a harbor in the Hawaiian Islands , from which we ...
... interest in the world , and no nation has one so important as we have in the Bering Sea . It will draw fleets of ships there . And all this for the purpose of showing the importance of a harbor in the Hawaiian Islands , from which we ...
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Page 345 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 348 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 348 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 352 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 349 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 340 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 340 - I think the authors of that notable instrument intended to include all men ; but they did not intend to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in color, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what respects they did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Page 111 - I yield to the superior force of the United States of America, whose minister plenipotentiary, his excellency John L. Stevens, has caused United States troops to be landed at Honolulu, and declared that he would support the said Provisional Government.
Page 667 - It must be admitted, however, that unless the President's mind, on a view of everything which is urged for and against this bill, is tolerably clear that it is unauthorized by the Constitution; if the pro and the con hang so even as to balance his judgment, a just respect for the wisdom of the legislature would naturally decide the balance in favor of their opinion; it is chiefly for cases where they are clearly misled by error, ambition, or interest, that the Constitution has placed a check in the...
Page 349 - Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States according to the principles of the constitution...