Mexico Under Maximilian. - Philadelphia, National Publishing Comp. (1867).National Publishing Company, 1867 - 258 pages |
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... what it always has been under a republic , he would candidly admit that at last Mexico has found the government that is suited to her , and that will eventually raise her to a respectable rank among the nations of ( 5 )
... what it always has been under a republic , he would candidly admit that at last Mexico has found the government that is suited to her , and that will eventually raise her to a respectable rank among the nations of ( 5 )
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Henry Martyn Flint. raise her to a respectable rank among the nations of the earth . The government of Maximilian is a limited constitutional monar- chy ; it is founded upon the choice of the Mexi- can people ; and , in spite of the ...
Henry Martyn Flint. raise her to a respectable rank among the nations of the earth . The government of Maximilian is a limited constitutional monar- chy ; it is founded upon the choice of the Mexi- can people ; and , in spite of the ...
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... - Convocation of the Assem- bly of Notables - Their Address to the Mexican Nation - General Forey Returns to France - He is Succeeded by General Bazaine ... 33 CHAPTER III . The Emperor's Instructions to General Bazaine - ( 11 )
... - Convocation of the Assem- bly of Notables - Their Address to the Mexican Nation - General Forey Returns to France - He is Succeeded by General Bazaine ... 33 CHAPTER III . The Emperor's Instructions to General Bazaine - ( 11 )
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... nations had anticipated this inability . They sent a combined fleet and an allied army , and this allied force appeared off Vera Cruz in December , 1861. This was the commencement of the French intervention in Mexico . Before this ...
... nations had anticipated this inability . They sent a combined fleet and an allied army , and this allied force appeared off Vera Cruz in December , 1861. This was the commencement of the French intervention in Mexico . Before this ...
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... nations and the principles of equity . ' It was believed that these stipulations , whilst providing two millions toward the payment of the claims of our citi- zens , would enable President Juarez , with the remain- ing two millions , to ...
... nations and the principles of equity . ' It was believed that these stipulations , whilst providing two millions toward the payment of the claims of our citi- zens , would enable President Juarez , with the remain- ing two millions , to ...
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administration affairs American anarchy ARTICLE Assembly of Notables assure authority Bazaine Campbell candidates capital Chihuahua citizens city of Mexico civil claims Congress constitutional Cruz declared desire dispatch dollars Drouyn de Lhuys election Emperor Maximilian Emperor Napoleon Empress Carlotta ernment established Europe European execution expedition favor force foreign Forey form of government French army French government French troops government of Mexico guarantees honor hundred imperial independence institutions interest intervention Juarez Juarists liberty maintain majesty MARQUIS DE MONTHOLON Maryland ment Mexi Mexican empire Mexican government Mexican nation Mexican republic military minister monarchy Monroe doctrine months neutrality never non-intervention object party peace political polls present Prince Maximilian principles prosperity Puebla radical Republican party received recognize regard republic of Mexico republican government REVERDY JOHNSON San Luis Potosi secure sent Seward sovereign thousand throne tion treaty United Vera Cruz vote Washington whole withdraw Zacatecas
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Page 180 - The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us.
Page 180 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe, and peculiarly her own. She should, therefore, have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Page 183 - 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 181 - But the war in which the present proposition might engage us, should that be its consequence, is not her war but ours. Its object is to introduce and establish the American system of keeping out of our land all foreign powers, of never permitting those of Europe to intermeddle with the affairs of our nations. It is to maintain our own principle, not to depart from it. And if to facilitate this we can effect a division in the body of the European powers and draw over to our side its most powerful...
Page 182 - Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being. Yet, as I am sensible that this can never be obtained, even with her own consent, but by war...
Page 223 - Nevertheless, it is my duty to insist that, whatever were the intentions, purposes, and objects of France, the proceedings which were adopted by a class of Mexicans for subverting the republican government there, and for availing themselves of French intervention to establish on its ruins an imperial monarchy, are regarded by the United States as having been taken without the authority, and prosecuted against the will and opinions, of the Mexican people.
Page 182 - ... power, as auxiliary, stipendiary, or under any other form or pretext, and most especially, their transfer to any power by conquest, cession, or acquisition in any other way. I should think it, therefore, advisable, that the Executive should encourage the British government to a continuance in the dispositions expressed in these letters, by an assurance of his concurrence with them as far as his authority goes...
Page 223 - France, the proceedings which were adopted by a class of Mexicans for subverting the republican government there, and for availing themselves of French intervention to establish on its ruins an imperial monarchy, are regarded by the United States as having been taken without the authority, and prosecuted against the will and opinions, of the Mexican people. For these reasons it seems to this government, that in supporting institutions thus established in derogation of the inalienable rights of the...
Page 182 - I candidly confess, that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.