The United States and Foreign PowersThe author presents a narrative of the major diplomatic incidents in the history of the United States from its beginning to 1892. |
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... colonies then struggling for independence , to the able and courageous efforts of the present administration to protect the fisheries and sealing grounds of our citizens , it is a record of peace- ful victories . There have been some ...
... colonies then struggling for independence , to the able and courageous efforts of the present administration to protect the fisheries and sealing grounds of our citizens , it is a record of peace- ful victories . There have been some ...
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... colonies , " as citizens of this country living in foreign lands are called , have representa- tives of the criminal class among their number , who are fugitives from justice and commit offenses against the laws of the nations in which ...
... colonies , " as citizens of this country living in foreign lands are called , have representa- tives of the criminal class among their number , who are fugitives from justice and commit offenses against the laws of the nations in which ...
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... colonies on this continent is necessary . For nearly two and a half centuries the whole of South America , except Brazil , was governed by a viceroy re- siding at Lima , and the Spanish colonies in North America by a viceroy at the City ...
... colonies on this continent is necessary . For nearly two and a half centuries the whole of South America , except Brazil , was governed by a viceroy re- siding at Lima , and the Spanish colonies in North America by a viceroy at the City ...
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... colonies was established , and Bolivar returned to Lima , he wrote a proclamation of congratulation to his soldiers : " You have given freedom to South America , and a fourth part of the world is the monument of your glory . " Almost at ...
... colonies was established , and Bolivar returned to Lima , he wrote a proclamation of congratulation to his soldiers : " You have given freedom to South America , and a fourth part of the world is the monument of your glory . " Almost at ...
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... colonies in America , and both in Congress and upon the platform during their entire struggle had demanded , with his well - known fervor and eloquence , that the sympathy of the people and the government of the United States should not ...
... colonies in America , and both in Congress and upon the platform during their entire struggle had demanded , with his well - known fervor and eloquence , that the sympathy of the people and the government of the United States should not ...
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Page 81 - ... 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 78 - 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 maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 98 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would under similar circumstances fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 148 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 82 - ... any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 52 - The United States have not certainly the right, and ought never to feel the inclination, to dictate to others who may differ with them upon this subject; nor do the committee see the expediency of insulting other states with whom we are maintaining relations of perfect amity by ascending the moral chair and proclaiming from thence mere abstract principles, of the rectitude of which each nation enjoys the perfect right of deciding for itself.
Page 81 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection, or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said Canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the...
Page 98 - and duty of the United States to assert and maintain such supervision and authority over any interoceanic canal across the isthmus that connects North and South America as will protect our national interests.
Page 104 - I believed that I would be derelict in my duty if I did not take...
Page 81 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or 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 part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...