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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... territory is limited , and always will be free from the infectious contact of the rest of mankind ; its laws and usages will not be easily changed ; the uniformity of its political and religious ideas will be preserved ; and in a word ...
... territory is limited , and always will be free from the infectious contact of the rest of mankind ; its laws and usages will not be easily changed ; the uniformity of its political and religious ideas will be preserved ; and in a word ...
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... territory it would pass . According to the recommen- dations of the Conference , which were ratified by all the American republics , the route of this proposed railway shall be always regarded as neutral ground ; the property shall be ...
... territory it would pass . According to the recommen- dations of the Conference , which were ratified by all the American republics , the route of this proposed railway shall be always regarded as neutral ground ; the property shall be ...
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... territory it passed . Lieutenant Herndon , who was in Bolivia at the time , suc- ceeded in frustrating the designs of the Brazilian minister , and secured the promulgation of a decree granting to the subjects of all nations the free ...
... territory it passed . Lieutenant Herndon , who was in Bolivia at the time , suc- ceeded in frustrating the designs of the Brazilian minister , and secured the promulgation of a decree granting to the subjects of all nations the free ...
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... territory , and at the same time offering a subsidy or reward of $ 10,000 to the first steamer that should reach any town in that republic from the sea . The Brazilian govern- ment also attempted , but without success , to persuade ...
... territory , and at the same time offering a subsidy or reward of $ 10,000 to the first steamer that should reach any town in that republic from the sea . The Brazilian govern- ment also attempted , but without success , to persuade ...
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... territory " from France , said nothing of its extent , except that it was the terri- tory which Spain had ceded to France in the treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. The consequence of this omission was a long controversy with Spain . The ...
... territory " from France , said nothing of its extent , except that it was the terri- tory which Spain had ceded to France in the treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. The consequence of this omission was a long controversy with Spain . The ...
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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...