A Sketch of Chili: Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants, from the United States and Europe to that Country, with a Map, and Several Papers Relating to the Present War Between that Country and Spain, and the Position Assumed by the United States ThereinS. Hallet, 1866 - 181 pages |
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... interest thus bestowed upon them , these incon- siderable islands ( for there are two principal and several smaller ones ) have played a conspicuous part in the his- tory of the South Pacific . First discovered by Juan Fer- nandez , in ...
... interest thus bestowed upon them , these incon- siderable islands ( for there are two principal and several smaller ones ) have played a conspicuous part in the his- tory of the South Pacific . First discovered by Juan Fer- nandez , in ...
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... interest up to the time in which they shook off the bonds of their mother countries . Of aboriginal Chili little is known . Prior to 1450 , the present territory was inhabited by the ancestors of the Indian tribes no longer to be found ...
... interest up to the time in which they shook off the bonds of their mother countries . Of aboriginal Chili little is known . Prior to 1450 , the present territory was inhabited by the ancestors of the Indian tribes no longer to be found ...
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... interest , which says but little in favor of the energy and clearsightedness of the great Commodores of the United States . The first voyage of the English steamers between Val- paraiso and Panamá took place , to the great delight of ...
... interest , which says but little in favor of the energy and clearsightedness of the great Commodores of the United States . The first voyage of the English steamers between Val- paraiso and Panamá took place , to the great delight of ...
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... interests to provoke a spontaneous current of emigration to that highly - favored country , the government has always endeavored to increase the settlement of emigrants and colonists by offering the most liberal inducements . During the ...
... interests to provoke a spontaneous current of emigration to that highly - favored country , the government has always endeavored to increase the settlement of emigrants and colonists by offering the most liberal inducements . During the ...
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... interest , and in very convenient proportions . 4th . Emigrants are exempted , during a term of fifteen years from all kinds of taxes , general or municipal , as well as from all kinds of public or civil service ; and further , are ...
... interest , and in very convenient proportions . 4th . Emigrants are exempted , during a term of fifteen years from all kinds of taxes , general or municipal , as well as from all kinds of public or civil service ; and further , are ...
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Abraham Lincoln Aconcagua Admiral Pareja agent American Applause army Atacama attack believe capital cause cent character Chile Chili Chilian Chiloé Chincha citizens coast commerce Concepcion Congress continent Cooper Institute Copiapó Coquimbo coun declared diplomatic Domingo duty E. G. Squier emigrants England Europe European Power exportation fact feel flag foreign France French gentlemen heart Henry Winter Davis honor House hundred immense independence inhabitants interest La Serena land liberal liberty Mazarredo meeting Mexico miles millions Minister monarchy Monroe Doctrine mountains Napoleon nations navigable never noble North obedient servant Pacific Panamá patriotism peace permit Perú political ports present President principles Promaucaes provinces rebellion Republic of Chili republican respect Santiago Secretary Señor sentiments ships single sister republics South America Spain Spaniards Spanish Government steamers sympathy Talcahuano Tavira tion United Valdivia valleys Valparaiso Washington York
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Page 101 - No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century ; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON.
Page 102 - Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Page 102 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 102 - I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend it.' "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better...
Page 101 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid whi.ch sustained him, and on the same Almighty . Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but...
Page 16 - The occasion has been judged 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 powers...
Page 75 - Mexico ; and they therefore think fit to declare that it does not accord with the policy of the United States to acknowledge any monarchical government, erected on the ruins of any republican government in America, under the auspices of any European power.
Page 102 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellowcountrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors.
Page 68 - I regret that I shall not be able to be present at your meeting, but you may be assured that I am heartily in sympathy with the declared object thereof, and intend to make my sentiments known in Congress at an early period of the present session.
Page 16 - European powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...