Correspondence in Relation to an Interoceanic Canal ... , the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine, and the Treaty Between the United States and New Granada of December 12, 1846 ... |
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... thereof is annexed . Since the date of these two Senate documents the annual volumes giving a selection of the diplomatic correspondence of this Govern- ment , under the title of " Foreign Relations of the United States , " have ...
... thereof is annexed . Since the date of these two Senate documents the annual volumes giving a selection of the diplomatic correspondence of this Govern- ment , under the title of " Foreign Relations of the United States , " have ...
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... thereof , occupy , fortify , colonize , or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua , Costa Rica , the Mosquito coast , or any part of Central America , nor make use of any alliance , connection , or influence with any of these ...
... thereof , occupy , fortify , colonize , or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua , Costa Rica , the Mosquito coast , or any part of Central America , nor make use of any alliance , connection , or influence with any of these ...
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... thereof to the full extent of its constitutional power . It is not likely , however , that the canal company will need any such assistance from this Government . * * I am , & c . , & c . , * * DANIEL WEBSTER . Mr. Kerr , at that time ...
... thereof to the full extent of its constitutional power . It is not likely , however , that the canal company will need any such assistance from this Government . * * I am , & c . , & c . , * * DANIEL WEBSTER . Mr. Kerr , at that time ...
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... thereof , or occupy or fortify or colonize or assume or exercise dominion in any part of Central America . It seems obvious that the renunciation by the parties to this instrument of a right to acquire dominion in Central America was ...
... thereof , or occupy or fortify or colonize or assume or exercise dominion in any part of Central America . It seems obvious that the renunciation by the parties to this instrument of a right to acquire dominion in Central America was ...
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... thereof , and certain rights and privileges were by that and other articles of the said treaty conferred on the Government and people of the United States in relation to the said right of way or transit ; And whereas a certain company ...
... thereof , and certain rights and privileges were by that and other articles of the said treaty conferred on the Government and people of the United States in relation to the said right of way or transit ; And whereas a certain company ...
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aforesaid agreed April arbitration Atlantic and Pacific Bay Islands Belize Bogota Britain British Government Bulwer canal company Cass Central America citizens Clayton Clayton-Bulwer treaty Colombian Government colony commerce communication concession Congress construction contracting parties convention Costa Rica declaration desire dispatch duties engage enterprise ernment established execution favor force foreign Government of Colombia Government of Nicaragua Granada granted guarantee Guatemala Honduras honor Inclosure instructions interests interoceanic canal Isthmus of Panama lands laws LEGATION Lord Napier lordship Majesty Majesty's Government ment minister modifications Mosquito Indians nations necessary negotiation neutrality object obligations Pacific Ocean Panama Canal Panama Railroad Panama Railroad Company persons plenipotentiaries ports possession present President privileges proposed protection purpose question ratifications received reference relations Republic of Nicaragua respect River route Secretary Senate settlement ship-canal Sir William Ouseley sovereignty Spain stipulations territory thereof tion transit treaty of 1846 United vessels views Washington
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Page 246 - ... is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Page 246 - 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 427 - 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 136 - ... exportation of any articles to the United States or to his Britannic majesty's territories in Europe, respectively, than such as are payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country...
Page 230 - ... 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 interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 136 - ... of the said territories, respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce; and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation, respectively, shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries, respectively.
Page 340 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or 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 246 - Powers should have thought it proper, on any principle satisfactory to themselves, to have interposed by force in the internal concerns of Spain. To what extent such interposition may be carried, on the same principle, is a question in which all independent powers whose governments differ from theirs are interested, even those most remote, and surely none more so than the United States.
Page 246 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 299 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.