Annexation of Santo Domingo

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F. & J. Rives & G. A. Bailey, printers, 1871 - 24 էջ

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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.

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