Documents Relative to Central American Affairs, and the Enlistment Question ...C. Wendell, Printer, 1856 - 485 pages |
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... President of the United States with his annual message : said documents and correspondence to include the correspondence in relation to an arbitration of said question between the two govern- ments ; the correspondence in regard to ...
... President of the United States with his annual message : said documents and correspondence to include the correspondence in relation to an arbitration of said question between the two govern- ments ; the correspondence in regard to ...
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... President may consider himself called upon to furnish , in the progress of the discussions which may arise thereon ... President's full power to conclude a treaty with Great Britain in regard to the Central American questions . A copy of ...
... President may consider himself called upon to furnish , in the progress of the discussions which may arise thereon ... President's full power to conclude a treaty with Great Britain in regard to the Central American questions . A copy of ...
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... President in regard to Central American affairs were presented in the first instructions with which you were furnished . The President did not deem it necessary to be more explicit as to the points of difference which might arise until ...
... President in regard to Central American affairs were presented in the first instructions with which you were furnished . The President did not deem it necessary to be more explicit as to the points of difference which might arise until ...
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... President cannot conceive that Great Britain can have any plausible grounds for excepting this possession from the operation of that treaty , and he is quite sure she can allege none to which he could concede ; yet he thinks it the ...
... President cannot conceive that Great Britain can have any plausible grounds for excepting this possession from the operation of that treaty , and he is quite sure she can allege none to which he could concede ; yet he thinks it the ...
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... President's instructions on this point . In form- ing his opinion , it may be worthy of consideration , that the British have been in the actual possession of Belize , under treaty , for more than seventy years ; that no period was ...
... President's instructions on this point . In form- ing his opinion , it may be worthy of consideration , that the British have been in the actual possession of Belize , under treaty , for more than seventy years ; that no period was ...
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aforesaid agents April Attorney authority Belize Britain Britannic Majesty's British army British government Buchanan Budd canal Central America claim colony communication convention copy Costa Rica Crampton CUSHING DANIEL WEBSTER defendant despatch district dominion duty Dyke engaged enlist foreign legion go to Halifax government of Nicaragua Greytown Halifax Hertz hiring or retaining Honduras honor instructions intent island JAMES BUCHANAN JOHN MCKEON Kerr letter Lord Clarendon Majesty Majesty's government Marcoleta Maury MCKEON ment Molina Mosquito coast Mosquito Indians nations neutrality Nova Scotia obedient servant paper parties persons Philadelphia port of San possession present President protectorate province purpose question received recruiting regard reply republic respect respectfully river San Juan Ruatan Secretary sent settlement Sir Gaspard sovereignty Spain stipulations Strobel territory tickets tion told treaty undersigned United United States attorney vessel violation W. L. MARCY Washington York
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Page 68 - 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...
Page 77 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Page 253 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Page 25 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 80 - Spain; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 347 - ... it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any foreign...
Page 78 - V. • The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 436 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, as a soldier or as a marine or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a...
Page 80 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 42 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that, each shall enter into Treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States, as they may deem advisable, for the purpose...