The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine: A Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister of the United States at London Dated May 8, 1882, with Sundry Papers and Documents Explanatory of the Same, Selected from the Archives of the Department of StateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 - 203 pages |
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... Senate of the United States : I transmit herewith , in response to the Senate resolution of the 15th instant , a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers relating to the Clayton - Bulwer treaty . EXECUTIVE MANSION ...
... Senate of the United States : I transmit herewith , in response to the Senate resolution of the 15th instant , a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers relating to the Clayton - Bulwer treaty . EXECUTIVE MANSION ...
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... Senate in consequence of the subsequent conclusion of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty ) 14. Contract between Nicaragua and the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company , signed at Leon , August 27 , 1849 , containing the grant which ...
... Senate in consequence of the subsequent conclusion of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty ) 14. Contract between Nicaragua and the American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company , signed at Leon , August 27 , 1849 , containing the grant which ...
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... Senate May 22 , 1850. On the exchange of the ratifications , Sir Henry Bulwer filed in this department , under date of June 29 , 1850 , a declara- tion that the exchange was made with the understanding on the part of Her Majesty's ...
... Senate May 22 , 1850. On the exchange of the ratifications , Sir Henry Bulwer filed in this department , under date of June 29 , 1850 , a declara- tion that the exchange was made with the understanding on the part of Her Majesty's ...
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... Senate in consequence of the subse- quent conclusion of the Clayton - Bulwer Treaty ) . The United States of America and the State of Nicaragua , having in view the grand design of opening and establishing through the territo- ries of ...
... Senate in consequence of the subse- quent conclusion of the Clayton - Bulwer Treaty ) . The United States of America and the State of Nicaragua , having in view the grand design of opening and establishing through the territo- ries of ...
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... Nicarauga shall be approved and ratified by the Presi- dent of the United States of America , by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate thereof , and by the Director 48 CLAYTON - BULWER TREATY AND MONROE DOCTRINE .
... Nicarauga shall be approved and ratified by the Presi- dent of the United States of America , by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate thereof , and by the Director 48 CLAYTON - BULWER TREATY AND MONROE DOCTRINE .
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abrogation Accessory Transit Company aforesaid agreed arbitration Atlantic and Pacific Bay Islands Belize Britain Britannic Majesty British Government canal Cass Central America citizens claim Clarendon Clayton Clayton-Bulwer treaty coast Colonel Childs colonies commerce commissioners communication construction continent convention Costa Rica declaration desire dispatch dominion duties engage English ernment establish favor Government of Nicaragua governor grant guarantee Guatemala hereby interest interoceanic isthmus lands Lawrence Lord Clarendon Lord Palmerston lordship Majesty's Government Malmesbury ment Mosquito coast Mosquito Indians Mosquito shore nations negotiation object Pacific Ocean Pacific Ship-Canal Company Panama persons or company plenipotentiaries ports possession present President proposed protection provisions purpose question ragua ratifications received relations Republic of Honduras Republic of Nicaragua respect river San Juan route San Juan River secure Senate settlement Sir William Ouseley sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish stipulations territory thereof tion transit treaty of 1850 United vessels views Washington William Ouseley's mission
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Page 38 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of United States are involved...
Page 40 - The government of New Granada guarantees to the government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist or that may be hereafter constructed, shall be open and free to the government and citizens of the United States...
Page 41 - Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea, may not. be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists; and in consequence the United States also guarantees, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 12 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 195 - America; nor will either make use of any -protection which either affords, or may afford, or any alliance which either has, or may have, to or with any State or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosauito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same.
Page 82 - 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 82 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua and either or both of the Lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 85 - ... and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass, between the States or Governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of the United States and Great Britain will use their good offices to settle such differences in the manner best suited to promote the interests of the said canal, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship and alliance...
Page 83 - ... should deem' that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention, either by making unfair discriminations in...
Page 83 - Canal shall traverse, or which shall be near the waters applicable thereto; in order to induce such States, or Governments, to facilitate the construction of the said Canal...