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Page xiii
... mediation or otherwise , towards making up the dispute between Spain and her colonies , but that if this result could still be brought about she would not inter- fere to prevent it " ; that he ( Canning ) " hoped that France would not ...
... mediation or otherwise , towards making up the dispute between Spain and her colonies , but that if this result could still be brought about she would not inter- fere to prevent it " ; that he ( Canning ) " hoped that France would not ...
Page xix
... mediation on the basis of reasonable concessions on his part , and had brought up the army of Italy to intimidate it . " 3 It is of first importance to have in mind that Monroe's declara- tion in its terms , relates solely to the ...
... mediation on the basis of reasonable concessions on his part , and had brought up the army of Italy to intimidate it . " 3 It is of first importance to have in mind that Monroe's declara- tion in its terms , relates solely to the ...
Page 68
... mediation between Spain and her revolted American colonies . With reference to the action in the congress on this last point the following summary by Phillips is the best that has been found : That the subject of the Spanish colonies ...
... mediation between Spain and her revolted American colonies . With reference to the action in the congress on this last point the following summary by Phillips is the best that has been found : That the subject of the Spanish colonies ...
Page 69
... mediation - which was now considered impracticable - but to press upon him the policy of establishing one or more of his family as inde- pendent sovereigns in the revolted provinces , Richelieu suggesting that a begin- ning should be ...
... mediation - which was now considered impracticable - but to press upon him the policy of establishing one or more of his family as inde- pendent sovereigns in the revolted provinces , Richelieu suggesting that a begin- ning should be ...
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... mediate or facilitate , but not compel or menace . As for the commercial boycott ( to use a word of later date ) , which had been suggested , Great Britain could be no party to it . We had had a large direct trade with France during the ...
... mediate or facilitate , but not compel or menace . As for the commercial boycott ( to use a word of later date ) , which had been suggested , Great Britain could be no party to it . We had had a large direct trade with France during the ...
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Page 4 - Our policy, in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers ; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us...
Page 4 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 15 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page x - 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 the United States are involved, that the American Continents, by the free and independent condition •which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 97 - 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 155 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 28 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Page 4 - 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 any one 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 97 - 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 129 - ... with reference to any means of communication by ship-canal 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.