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... granted by it , would add to its own domestic duties and labors the burden of settling complicated differences of other govern- ments . He would greatly prefer that , in a controversy like the present , turning on points of political ...
... granted by it , would add to its own domestic duties and labors the burden of settling complicated differences of other govern- ments . He would greatly prefer that , in a controversy like the present , turning on points of political ...
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not recurred to it since ; and I take it for granted that no further ex- planation is necessary . On rising to go , I was detained a few minutes by Lord Clarendon's remarking , that , as to the project of making San Juan a free city ...
not recurred to it since ; and I take it for granted that no further ex- planation is necessary . On rising to go , I was detained a few minutes by Lord Clarendon's remarking , that , as to the project of making San Juan a free city ...
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... granted to the Accessory Transit Company by Nicaragua , August 14 , 1851 ..... 29. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster , No. 164 , February 27 , 1852. ( Extract ) 30. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster , No. 168 , March 26 , 1852 . ( Extract ) ...
... granted to the Accessory Transit Company by Nicaragua , August 14 , 1851 ..... 29. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster , No. 164 , February 27 , 1852. ( Extract ) 30. Mr. Lawrence to Mr. Webster , No. 168 , March 26 , 1852 . ( Extract ) ...
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... granted by His Catholic Majesty to the English , for the uses specified in the IIIrd Article of the present Convention , and in addition to the Country already granted to them in virtue of the Stipulations agreed upon by the ...
... granted by His Catholic Majesty to the English , for the uses specified in the IIIrd Article of the present Convention , and in addition to the Country already granted to them in virtue of the Stipulations agreed upon by the ...
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... granted to the English only the privilege of making use of the wood of the different kinds , the fruits and other produce , in their natural state , are here confirmed ; and the same restrictions shall also be observed with respect to ...
... granted to the English only the privilege of making use of the wood of the different kinds , the fruits and other produce , in their natural state , are here confirmed ; and the same restrictions shall also be observed with respect to ...
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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...