 | United States. Department of State - 1852 - 68 էջ
...the first contemplation of the subject; obstacles to the system of policy by which alone that )esult can be compassed and maintained, are to be foreseen...between France and Spain, these considerations would be prema~ ture. They are now merely touched upon to illustrate the position that, in the war opening upon... | |
 | 1853 - 728 էջ
...cannot chiK)se but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjointed from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate...merely touched upon to illustrate the position that in the war opening upon Europe the United States have deep and important interests involved peculiarly... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - 406 էջ
...Cuba, forcibly disjointed from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only towards the' North American Union,...law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom. "It will be among the primary objects requiring your most earnest and unremitting attention, to ascertain... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1853 - 418 էջ
...Cuba, forcibly disjointed from it* own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union,...which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her olTfroin its bosom. "It will be among the primary objects requiring your most earnest and unremitting... | |
 | 1853 - 724 էջ
...tree, cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjointed from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate...only towards the North American Union, which, by the game law of nature, cannot cast her oft' from its bosom. "In any other state of things than that which... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1854 - 588 էջ
...expressed by Mr. Adams, as far back as 1823 : — * Life of Canning, vol. iii, pp. 151-5. tlcicm, 156. " But there are laws of political, as well as of physical...law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom." — (Despatch to Mr. Nelson.) During this period, not only has Spain grown weaker, but all Europe has... | |
 | 1859 - 424 էջ
...the first contemplation of the subject : obstacles to the system of policy by which alone that result can be compassed and maintained, are to be foreseen...law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom. "The transfer of Cuba to Great Britain would be an event unpropitious to the interests of this Union.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1859 - 362 էջ
...the first contemplation of the subject: obstacles to the system of policy by which alone that result can be compassed and maintained, are to be foreseen...law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom. "The transfer of Cuba to Great Britain would be an event unpropitious to the interests of this Union.... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1865 - 1468 էջ
...the first contemplation of the subject ; obstacles to the system of policy by which alone that result can be compassed and maintained are to be foreseen...cast her off from its bosom. In any other state of thing3 than that which springs from this incipient war between France and Spain, these considerations... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1886 - 876 էջ
...but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, aud incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards...considerations would be premature. They are now merely tonched upon to illustrate the position that, in the war opening upon Europe, the United States have... | |
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... there are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation ; and if an apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connexion with Spain, and incapable... 
