 | Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades - Almanacs, American - 1899 - 378 pages
...April 11, 1898, upon which the action of Congress was invited; therefore be it resolved "First—That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. "Second—That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government... | |
 | Edward Austin Johnson - African Americans - 1891 - 414 pages
...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled— "First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. "Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government... | |
 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - Social sciences - 1918 - 476 pages
...doing so Congress passed a resolution introduced by Senator Teller which contained the following words: That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. . . . That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to... | |
 | Allen Clapp Thomas - United States - 1895 - 606 pages
...Declaration of War. (1898.) — On April 19, Congress passed a series of resolutions declaring : " (1) That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. (2) That it is the duty of the United States to demand that Spain should give... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 732 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First. That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government... | |
 | Henry Allen Tupper - Cuba - 1898 - 284 pages
...and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled : " First—That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent, and that the government of the United States hereby recognizes the Republic of Cuba as the true and lawful... | |
 | 1898 - 434 pages
...resolutions recognizing the Republic of Cuba was stricken out, so that the clause now reads: " First—That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent." and Vice-President Hobart, were sent to President McKinley to be signed by him. The action of Congress... | |
 | Amos Kidder Fiske - Philippines - 1898 - 202 pages
...WARSHIPS. ON the 20th of April, 1898, the Congress of the United States adopted resolutions declaring that " the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," demanding that the government of Spain relinquish all authority over that island,... | |
 | United States - 1898 - 696 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the united States of America in Congress assembled, First. That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government... | |
 | Republican Congressional Committee - Campaign literature - 1898 - 420 pages
...the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First. That the people of the Island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government... | |
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Congress having declared by resolution that the people of the island of Cuba " are and of right ought to be free and independent," and the status of the island in this regard not having been changed by the treaty with Spain of December 10, 1898, a citizen... 
