Documents Relative to Central American Affairs, and the Enlistment Question ...C. Wendell, Printer, 1856 - 485 pages |
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... asked for by you ; but if you will turn to the tenth volume of Executive Documents , 1st session 31st Congress , page 304 , the letter referred to may there be found . As it regards your inquiry about the number of the Mosquito In ...
... asked for by you ; but if you will turn to the tenth volume of Executive Documents , 1st session 31st Congress , page 304 , the letter referred to may there be found . As it regards your inquiry about the number of the Mosquito In ...
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... same opinion . He then asked , in what manner shall we carry this into effect ? and intimated that the appointment of commissioners by the two govern- ments for this purpose might be the best mode of CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS . 15.
... same opinion . He then asked , in what manner shall we carry this into effect ? and intimated that the appointment of commissioners by the two govern- ments for this purpose might be the best mode of CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS . 15.
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... asked what we should do with the grants of land which had been made to individuals by the king of the Mosquitos ; and I answered that under the law of all European nations since the dis- covery of America , as well as by the uniform ...
... asked what we should do with the grants of land which had been made to individuals by the king of the Mosquitos ; and I answered that under the law of all European nations since the dis- covery of America , as well as by the uniform ...
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... asking for this information has proceeded from the President's reluctance to manifest any impatience on this important subject whilst the attention of her Majesty's government was engross- ed by the war with Russia . But as more than a ...
... asking for this information has proceeded from the President's reluctance to manifest any impatience on this important subject whilst the attention of her Majesty's government was engross- ed by the war with Russia . But as more than a ...
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... asking any question as to the British protectorate of Mosquito , but requesting to know whether her Majesty's government would join with the United States in guarantying the neutrality of a ship - canal , railway , or other ...
... asking any question as to the British protectorate of Mosquito , but requesting to know whether her Majesty's government would join with the United States in guarantying the neutrality of a ship - canal , railway , or other ...
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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...