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... given to the town of San Juan de Nicaragua , ( if the same cannot be amicably adjusted between Nicaragua and that town , ) to be settled , " & c . The commerce of Costa Rica , it would seem , should be free at the port of San Juan as ...
... given to the town of San Juan de Nicaragua , ( if the same cannot be amicably adjusted between Nicaragua and that town , ) to be settled , " & c . The commerce of Costa Rica , it would seem , should be free at the port of San Juan as ...
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... given me by Mr. William Brown , that their intention to do so has been in some way changed . He is told that they consider themselves bound in honor and interest to do nothing in the least disrelished by the United States ; that the ...
... given me by Mr. William Brown , that their intention to do so has been in some way changed . He is told that they consider themselves bound in honor and interest to do nothing in the least disrelished by the United States ; that the ...
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... given me of your position and views . It has no doubt occurred to you that our gov ernment cannot , especially at this juncture , participate in any negotia- tion , having for its object a new disposition of islands over which they can ...
... given me of your position and views . It has no doubt occurred to you that our gov ernment cannot , especially at this juncture , participate in any negotia- tion , having for its object a new disposition of islands over which they can ...
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... given to your paper , and augur beneficial results . Just before terminating our interview of the 11th instant , Lord Clarendon adverted to the letter I had written to him of the 9th ( and of which I sent you a copy in my No. 13 ) ...
... given to your paper , and augur beneficial results . Just before terminating our interview of the 11th instant , Lord Clarendon adverted to the letter I had written to him of the 9th ( and of which I sent you a copy in my No. 13 ) ...
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up the island of Ruatan , merely in pursuance of an interpretation given by the government of the United States to a treaty , which interpreta- tion her Majesty's government did not admit , the most usual , as well as the most friendly ...
up the island of Ruatan , merely in pursuance of an interpretation given by the government of the United States to a treaty , which interpreta- tion her Majesty's government did not admit , the most usual , as well as the most friendly ...
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aforesaid agreed April arbitration Atlantic and Pacific Bay Islands Belize Britain Britannic Majesty British Government Bulwer Cass Central America citizens claim Clayton Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast Colombia colonies commerce commissioners communication Congress construction contracting parties convention Costa Rica Dallas declaration desire dispatch duties engage ernment established execution favor foreign Government of Nicaragua Granada grant guarantee Guatemala hereby honor interest interoceanic canal Isthmus of Panama lands Lord Clarendon Lord Napier lordship Majesty's Government Marcy ment minister Mosquito coast Mosquito Indians nations negotiation neutrality object Pacific Ocean Panama Railroad Panama Railroad Company persons plenipotentiaries ports possession President privileges proposed protection protectorate purpose question ratifications received reference regard relations Republic of Nicaragua respect river route San Juan secure Senate settlement ship canal ship-canal Sir William Ouseley sovereignty Spain stipulations territory thereof tion transit treaty of 1850 United vessels views Washington William Ouseley's mission
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Page 40 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 40 - ... 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 13 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever 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 405 - ... with reference to any means of communication by Ship-Canal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 40 - ... 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 197 - ... 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 jiart of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 12 - Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea, may not. be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists; and in consequence the United States also guarantees, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 102 - 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 maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 14 - 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 anyone 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 294 - 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...