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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... Admiral Pareja dares to declare is generally and completely blockaded with five old frigates , when it is in the memory of every one that you needed no less than 462 7 . Variety of Climate, 7 Immense Extent of Coast, 8.
... Admiral Pareja dares to declare is generally and completely blockaded with five old frigates , when it is in the memory of every one that you needed no less than 462 7 . Variety of Climate, 7 Immense Extent of Coast, 8.
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... Admiral Pareja , the Don Quixote of the Pacific , trying to shut up to the commerce of the world no less than a hundred ports with a fleet of five frigates ! The story of the wind - mills re- curs to every one . ( Laughter . ) But I ...
... Admiral Pareja , the Don Quixote of the Pacific , trying to shut up to the commerce of the world no less than a hundred ports with a fleet of five frigates ! The story of the wind - mills re- curs to every one . ( Laughter . ) But I ...
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... Admiral FITZROY saw it with his own eyes , when the earthquake of 1835 ( the last se- vere one we have experienced ) took place . In a few min- utes the land was raised in some places many feet ; a small island appeared in the bay of ...
... Admiral FITZROY saw it with his own eyes , when the earthquake of 1835 ( the last se- vere one we have experienced ) took place . In a few min- utes the land was raised in some places many feet ; a small island appeared in the bay of ...
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... Admiral . He wished to put a gag in our mouths by shutting the doors of the country , and the coun- try has used the inextinguishable voice of steam and elec- tricity to carry all over the land her will , her dignity , and the ...
... Admiral . He wished to put a gag in our mouths by shutting the doors of the country , and the coun- try has used the inextinguishable voice of steam and elec- tricity to carry all over the land her will , her dignity , and the ...
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... Admiral Pinzon , on the part of Spain , seized the Chincha Islands , belonging to Perú , and declared in a public manifesto that in doing so he revindicated the property of Spain , as there was only a state of truce with Perú since the ...
... Admiral Pinzon , on the part of Spain , seized the Chincha Islands , belonging to Perú , and declared in a public manifesto that in doing so he revindicated the property of Spain , as there was only a state of truce with Perú since the ...
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Abraham Lincoln Aconcagua Admiral Pareja agent American Applause Atacama beautiful believe capital cause cent Chile Chili Chilian Chiloé Chincha coast commerce Concepcion Congress continent Cooper Institute Copiapó copper Coquimbo coun declared desert of Atacama diplomatic Domingo duties E. G. Squier emigrants England Europe European exportation fact feel flag foreign France French gentlemen heart Henry Winter Davis honor House hundred immense independence inhabitants La Serena land lecture liberal liberty live Mazarredo meeting Mexico miles millions Minister monarchy Monroe Doctrine mountains Napoleon nations navigable noble North obedient servant ocean Pacific Panamá patriotism peace permit Perú political ports present President principles provinces Republic of Chili republican respect Santiago Secretary Señor sentiments ships shores single South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish Government steamers sympathy Talcahuano Tavira tion Traveler's Club United Valdivia valleys Valparaiso Washington York
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Page 102 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, 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. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 101 - MY FRIENDS : — 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 16 - ... 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 powers...
Page 75 - Mexico; and that 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 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 which 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 with...
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. Such of you as are now dissatisfied...
Page 16 - European powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...
Page 102 - ... good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied still have the old Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either.
Page 126 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninetieth.
Page 74 - ... and interests of the United States were involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they had assumed and maintained, were thenceforward not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.