Annexation of Santo DomingoF. & J. Rives & G. A. Bailey, printers, 1871 - 24 էջ |
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... favor , it is when in comparison with the French . | give us ? Our attitude toward Cuba has frequently put our relations with Spain in jeopardy . Sometimes we propose to buy it at a great price , and sometimes our private citizens pro ...
... favor , it is when in comparison with the French . | give us ? Our attitude toward Cuba has frequently put our relations with Spain in jeopardy . Sometimes we propose to buy it at a great price , and sometimes our private citizens pro ...
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... favor of annexation , and being an independent State it was claimed , with more adroitness than integrity , that Congress had the constitutional right to admit such States into the Union . Annexation was an issue made at the ...
... favor of annexation , and being an independent State it was claimed , with more adroitness than integrity , that Congress had the constitutional right to admit such States into the Union . Annexation was an issue made at the ...
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... favor of reducing the present burdens at the earliest day . The fallacy of expecting any revenue from Santo Domingo may be fitly shown by the ex- ample of Cuba with respect to Spain . Spain needs and ever has needed more revenue , and ...
... favor of reducing the present burdens at the earliest day . The fallacy of expecting any revenue from Santo Domingo may be fitly shown by the ex- ample of Cuba with respect to Spain . Spain needs and ever has needed more revenue , and ...
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... favor- able to Dominican annexation as they are in fact repugnant to the scheme , there still re- mains one more vital consideration , namely , do the people of Santo Domingo really desire to sink their independent existence and be ...
... favor- able to Dominican annexation as they are in fact repugnant to the scheme , there still re- mains one more vital consideration , namely , do the people of Santo Domingo really desire to sink their independent existence and be ...
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... favor , because it brings to mind his inflexibility in braver and grander enterprises , and I have no doubt of his patri- | otic motives . The House of Representatives , || by a vote of nearly two to one , have once pro- nounced against ...
... favor , because it brings to mind his inflexibility in braver and grander enterprises , and I have no doubt of his patri- | otic motives . The House of Representatives , || by a vote of nearly two to one , have once pro- nounced against ...
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abroad American Republic amount ancient annexation of Santo annual army Baez bay of Samana Britain British Cabral Caribbean sea character civil claim climate coffee colonies colored race commerce Cuba defense dollars Dominican annexation dominion doubtful effeminacy equal expect facts flag foreign forever freedmen gold haps harbor Hayti Haytien hundred millions ican imports increase Jamaica joint resolution labor land late less manifest destiny ment Mexico military mingo minican Monroe doctrine moral MORRILL Muscovado sugar nations naval fleet naval station Navy nearly never North obtained once Paraguay party political population port Port au Prince pounds President Grant produced provinces question republican revenue Santo Domingo Secretary Senator ships Spain sugar taxation territory Texas thousand tion trade of Santo treaty tropical fruits Union United United States Navy vessels vote West India islands whole wholly yellow fever
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Էջ 10 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Էջ 21 - ... retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to In* disposed of as said State may direct, but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the Government of the United States.
Էջ 10 - The Governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection. by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be...
Էջ 23 - Tis done — but yesterday a King ! And arm'd with Kings to strive — And now thou art a nameless thing : So abject — yet alive ! Is this the man of thousand thrones, Who strew'd our earth with hostile bones, And can he thus survive ? — Since he, miscall'd the Morning Star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
Էջ 14 - This will open to us a still wider market for our products. The production of our own supply of these articles will cut off more than one hundred millions of our annual imports, besides largely increasving our exports. With such a picture it is easy to see how our large debt abroad is ultimately to be extinguished.
Էջ 21 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me...
Էջ 14 - Rico at once, and ultimately so in Brazil; it is to settle the unhappy condition of Cuba and end an exterminating conflict; it is to provide honest means of paying our honest debts without overtaxing the people; it is to furnish our citizens with the necessaries of everyday...
Էջ 7 - Nipsie did not go beyond Port-au-Prince ; but Lieutenant-Commander Selfridge, in his report, under date of July 14, 1869, lets drop an honest judgment, which causes regret that he did not visit the whole island. Thus he wrote : — " While my short stay in the island will not permit me to speak with authority, it is my individual opinion, that, if the United States should annex Hayti on the representation of a party, it would be found an elephant both costly in money and lives.
Էջ 1 - June 14, 1870. Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, reporters and printers of the debates of Congress. 1870.
Էջ 16 - the yellow fever would effectually secure the island in case of attack, if the policy of abandoning the coasts and destroying the towns were acted on.