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... France because France was regarded as the natural enemy of England , and be- cause she was still smarting from the loss of her American continental possessions . ( Spain also was hostile to Eng- Jand , and they turned to Spain , too ...
... France because France was regarded as the natural enemy of England , and be- cause she was still smarting from the loss of her American continental possessions . ( Spain also was hostile to Eng- Jand , and they turned to Spain , too ...
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... France's recent ally Austria had been particeps crim- inis , so that the two Bourbon thrones of France and Spain , united by the Family Compact of 1761 , were for all prac- tical purposes isolated and on the defensive . As a result of ...
... France's recent ally Austria had been particeps crim- inis , so that the two Bourbon thrones of France and Spain , united by the Family Compact of 1761 , were for all prac- tical purposes isolated and on the defensive . As a result of ...
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... France and Spain should desire the subjection or the independence of the English colonies , for they were threatened in either case by dangers which it was not perhaps in the power of human foresight to anticipate or avert . The most ...
... France and Spain should desire the subjection or the independence of the English colonies , for they were threatened in either case by dangers which it was not perhaps in the power of human foresight to anticipate or avert . The most ...
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... France , the main direction of diplomatic relations passed under his control , and Deane was occupied largely with financial accounts . Deane was recalled by resolution of Congress , passed December 8 , 1777,15 as the result of Arthur ...
... France , the main direction of diplomatic relations passed under his control , and Deane was occupied largely with financial accounts . Deane was recalled by resolution of Congress , passed December 8 , 1777,15 as the result of Arthur ...
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... France . Benjamin Franklin , at the age of seventy , set sail on the 29th of October on what was to prove to be by far the most important mission of his life . He arrived in Qui- biron Bay on board the Reprisal , Captain Wickes , about ...
... France . Benjamin Franklin , at the age of seventy , set sail on the 29th of October on what was to prove to be by far the most important mission of his life . He arrived in Qui- biron Bay on board the Reprisal , Captain Wickes , about ...
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Page 192 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 191 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 606 - Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
Page 99 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice...
Page 311 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned 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 guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 546 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Page 484 - ... aggression upon its rights and interests, the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which, after investigation, we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela. In making these recommendations I am fully alive to the responsibility incurred, and keenly realize all the consequences that may follow.
Page 484 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 513 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 192 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.