Annexation of Santo DomingoF. & J. Rives & G. A. Bailey, printers, 1871 - 24 էջ |
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... less the attention of the country . || Mr. President , differing as I do from the President as to his Santo Domingo policy , it is only just to say in the outset that I have ever freely accorded to him the credit of being actuated by ...
... less the attention of the country . || Mr. President , differing as I do from the President as to his Santo Domingo policy , it is only just to say in the outset that I have ever freely accorded to him the credit of being actuated by ...
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... less to his country . The These may be unwelcome truths , but if their verity is undeniable , prudent statesmanship requires that we should not be deluded by the vain idea that the consequences may be avoided by denial or by silence ...
... less to his country . The These may be unwelcome truths , but if their verity is undeniable , prudent statesmanship requires that we should not be deluded by the vain idea that the consequences may be avoided by denial or by silence ...
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... less remote . The air in the bay is stagnant , and not even freshened by the trade winds , as the bay is so land - locked that they do not penetrate beyond its mouth . On shore the land front has been gobbled up by the per- petual ...
... less remote . The air in the bay is stagnant , and not even freshened by the trade winds , as the bay is so land - locked that they do not penetrate beyond its mouth . On shore the land front has been gobbled up by the per- petual ...
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... less class , that is to say , the ragged school of Dominica . Honor most clearly does not lie in pushing American institutions in the direction of the equator , where even freedom's purest metal yields to the fervent heat . Even the ...
... less class , that is to say , the ragged school of Dominica . Honor most clearly does not lie in pushing American institutions in the direction of the equator , where even freedom's purest metal yields to the fervent heat . Even the ...
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... less prevented by extraneous interference . Our good will might be profitably extended to both ; we might fairly encourage legitimate com- merce , of which we should get little , but not an illegitimate , entangling , and indissoluble ...
... less prevented by extraneous interference . Our good will might be profitably extended to both ; we might fairly encourage legitimate com- merce , of which we should get little , but not an illegitimate , entangling , and indissoluble ...
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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.