Buchanan's Conspiracy, the Nicaragua Canal, and ReciprocityP.J. Kenedy, 1892 - 160 էջ |
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... tion company . The construction company became absolute owner of both concessions . This gave the Nicaragua Canal Company a perfect title against Nicaragua , Costa Rica and all of Central America . The following is from the evidence of ...
... tion company . The construction company became absolute owner of both concessions . This gave the Nicaragua Canal Company a perfect title against Nicaragua , Costa Rica and all of Central America . The following is from the evidence of ...
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... tion of embankments , breakwaters , locks , etc. If not found in that favorable centre it would have to be quarried at other places ; so that Nature has supplied all of the rock for building piers , locks , dams , weirs and breakwaters ...
... tion of embankments , breakwaters , locks , etc. If not found in that favorable centre it would have to be quarried at other places ; so that Nature has supplied all of the rock for building piers , locks , dams , weirs and breakwaters ...
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... tion and 5 3-10 through the basin in the valleys of the rivers Grande and Tola . There will be a dam at La Flor on the Pacific side . There will be three locks with a lift of 110 feet . The entrance of the canal at the harbor of Brito ...
... tion and 5 3-10 through the basin in the valleys of the rivers Grande and Tola . There will be a dam at La Flor on the Pacific side . There will be three locks with a lift of 110 feet . The entrance of the canal at the harbor of Brito ...
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... tion of twenty - five per centum ; butter and cheese , petroleum ( refined ) , boots or shoes in whole or in part of leather skins . SCHEDULE A. Products of manufactures of the United States to be admitted into Cuba and Porto Rico free ...
... tion of twenty - five per centum ; butter and cheese , petroleum ( refined ) , boots or shoes in whole or in part of leather skins . SCHEDULE A. Products of manufactures of the United States to be admitted into Cuba and Porto Rico free ...
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... tion in these later years , and the hateful system known as lobbying among us is practically unknown in Mexico . The members , says Mr. Curtis , never tilt their chairs back , nor lounge about the chamber ; their feet are never raised ...
... tion in these later years , and the hateful system known as lobbying among us is practically unknown in Mexico . The members , says Mr. Curtis , never tilt their chairs back , nor lounge about the chamber ; their feet are never raised ...
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Buchanan's Conspiracy, the Nicaragua Canal, and Reciprocity Patrick Cudmore Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1892 |
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Էջ 98 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Էջ 117 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated " A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each state, and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Էջ 118 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the United States in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Էջ 117 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same, as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Էջ 105 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Էջ 118 - ... men or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Էջ 118 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state, on any question, shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
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Էջ 97 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Էջ 99 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.