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... settlement at the Belize . He indicates , to be sure , an inclination on the part of the British government to maintain such a claim , but he concedes , at the same time , that it is a " debateable question . " The President does not ...
... settlement at the Belize . He indicates , to be sure , an inclination on the part of the British government to maintain such a claim , but he concedes , at the same time , that it is a " debateable question . " The President does not ...
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... settlement seems requisite or applicable ; it being assumed that the other points . of difference would after that yield , as of course , to conference between the Earl of Clarendon and yourself , conducted in the spirit of cor- diality ...
... settlement seems requisite or applicable ; it being assumed that the other points . of difference would after that yield , as of course , to conference between the Earl of Clarendon and yourself , conducted in the spirit of cor- diality ...
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... settlement of any differences as to right or property in the territory through which the canal is to pass , provided any such arise between the governments of Central America , Such is " the particular object " of the convention ...
... settlement of any differences as to right or property in the territory through which the canal is to pass , provided any such arise between the governments of Central America , Such is " the particular object " of the convention ...
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... settlement at the Belize was in the process of being extended indefinitely into the States of Guatemala or Honduras ; and that Great Britain , as the assumed protector of a small band of In- dians in the State of Nicaragua , was ...
... settlement at the Belize was in the process of being extended indefinitely into the States of Guatemala or Honduras ; and that Great Britain , as the assumed protector of a small band of In- dians in the State of Nicaragua , was ...
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... settlement at the Belize , if that really be in Central America ; and at the same time that , if she had any , she was bound by the express tenor and true con- struction of the convention to evacuate the same , so as thus to stand on ...
... settlement at the Belize , if that really be in Central America ; and at the same time that , if she had any , she was bound by the express tenor and true con- struction of the convention to evacuate the same , so as thus to stand on ...
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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...