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... ( Greytown , ) overtures may have been suggested by him . The general views of the President in regard to Central American affairs were presented in the first instructions with which you were furnished . The President did not deem it ...
... ( Greytown , ) overtures may have been suggested by him . The general views of the President in regard to Central American affairs were presented in the first instructions with which you were furnished . The President did not deem it ...
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... Greytown . These proceedings gave birth to serious apprehensions throughout the United States , that Great Britain intended to monopolize for her- self the control over the different routes between the Atlantic and the Pacific , which ...
... Greytown . These proceedings gave birth to serious apprehensions throughout the United States , that Great Britain intended to monopolize for her- self the control over the different routes between the Atlantic and the Pacific , which ...
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... Greytown , at the mouth of the river St. John , her majesty's government would fully undertake to obtain the consent of Mosquito to such arrangements as would render that port entirely applicable , and on the principles above mentioned ...
... Greytown , at the mouth of the river St. John , her majesty's government would fully undertake to obtain the consent of Mosquito to such arrangements as would render that port entirely applicable , and on the principles above mentioned ...
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... Greytown ) the United States minister in London was not authorized to take any steps con- cerning it , nor even to afford to the commissioner from Nicaragua the benefit of his counsels and good offices thereupon ; and it is but right to ...
... Greytown ) the United States minister in London was not authorized to take any steps con- cerning it , nor even to afford to the commissioner from Nicaragua the benefit of his counsels and good offices thereupon ; and it is but right to ...
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... Greytown ( or San Juan de Nicaragua ) and the country adjacent , and had formally discussed and finally re- jected the claims of the Nicaraguan government to these contested pos- sessions , could not with honor or credit retire , at the ...
... Greytown ( or San Juan de Nicaragua ) and the country adjacent , and had formally discussed and finally re- jected the claims of the Nicaraguan government to these contested pos- sessions , could not with honor or credit retire , at the ...
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Page 68 - 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...
Page 80 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 253 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Page 25 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed 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 maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 436 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, as a soldier or as a marine or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a...
Page 347 - And I do hereby also make known that whosoever of the citizens of the United States shall render himself liable to punishment or forfeiture under the law of nations by committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any of the said powers, or by carrying to any of them those articles which are deemed contraband by the modern usage of nations, will not receive the protection of the United States against such punishment or forfeiture...
Page 68 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 80 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 42 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States as they may deem advisable for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this convention, namely, that of constructing and maintaining the said canal as a ship communication between the two oceans, for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Page 227 - The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Mr.