Documents Relative to Central American Affairs, and the Enlistment Question ...C. Wendell, Printer, 1856 - 485 pages |
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... port and harbor of San Juan de Nicaragua , except that portion [ of ] it between the Sarstoon and Cape Honduras , together with the adjacent Hondu- ras island of Ruatan . The government of the United States seriously contested the claim ...
... port and harbor of San Juan de Nicaragua , except that portion [ of ] it between the Sarstoon and Cape Honduras , together with the adjacent Hondu- ras island of Ruatan . The government of the United States seriously contested the claim ...
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... port of Truxillo . If the convention plainly embraces any object whatever , this must be Ruatan . And yet Great Britain has not only continued to occupy this island , but since the date of the convention she has actually established a ...
... port of Truxillo . If the convention plainly embraces any object whatever , this must be Ruatan . And yet Great Britain has not only continued to occupy this island , but since the date of the convention she has actually established a ...
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... port of San Juan de Nicaragua was established as a port of entry of the second class by the king of Spain . Captain Bonnycastle , as well as the Spaniards , would have been greatly surprised had they been informed that this port was a ...
... port of San Juan de Nicaragua was established as a port of entry of the second class by the king of Spain . Captain Bonnycastle , as well as the Spaniards , would have been greatly surprised had they been informed that this port was a ...
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... port of Greytown , at the mouth of the river St. John , her majesty's government would fully undertake to obtain the consent of Mosquito to such arrangements as would render that port entirely applicable , and on the principles above ...
... port of Greytown , at the mouth of the river St. John , her majesty's government would fully undertake to obtain the consent of Mosquito to such arrangements as would render that port entirely applicable , and on the principles above ...
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... ports , one at each end of the canal , " both these ports being within her own limits . Consequences almost equally ex- traordinary would result from other portions of the convention . But although the contracting parties could not have ...
... ports , one at each end of the canal , " both these ports being within her own limits . Consequences almost equally ex- traordinary would result from other portions of the convention . But although the contracting parties could not have ...
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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...