Correspondence of the Department of State: Accompanying the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of CongressA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate Printer, 1856 - 96 pages |
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... discussion , a period like the present , when the two powers mostly in- terested in this matter find themselves placed in an attitude of antago- nism . But the position into which said government has been thrown leaves it no other ...
... discussion , a period like the present , when the two powers mostly in- terested in this matter find themselves placed in an attitude of antago- nism . But the position into which said government has been thrown leaves it no other ...
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... discussion of this kind , and , besides , the steps taken by the United States have only been alluded to in this document , in order to specify the position into which , as it has been observed above , Denmark has been thrown . This ...
... discussion of this kind , and , besides , the steps taken by the United States have only been alluded to in this document , in order to specify the position into which , as it has been observed above , Denmark has been thrown . This ...
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... discuss the question of right in this commu- nication , that has already been done , and the United States have adopted the conclusion that they are under no obligation arising from international law or treaty stipulation to yield to ...
... discuss the question of right in this commu- nication , that has already been done , and the United States have adopted the conclusion that they are under no obligation arising from international law or treaty stipulation to yield to ...
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... discussions which may arise theron . * * * * * * I am sir , respectfully , your obedient servant , * * * JAMES BUCHANAN , Esq . , dc . , & c . W. L. MARCY . * This debate is found more at large in Parliamentary Register , 1787 , vol ...
... discussions which may arise theron . * * * * * * I am sir , respectfully , your obedient servant , * * * JAMES BUCHANAN , Esq . , dc . , & c . W. L. MARCY . * This debate is found more at large in Parliamentary Register , 1787 , vol ...
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... discussion on the subject . What effect these remarks have produced on the British government is not yet known . If they have received the consideration due to them , I am sure they will open the way to the peaceful adjustment of these ...
... discussion on the subject . What effect these remarks have produced on the British government is not yet known . If they have received the consideration due to them , I am sure they will open the way to the peaceful adjustment of these ...
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Page 93 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
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 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 power.
Page 73 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 92 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that, each shall enter into Treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States, as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this Convention, namely — that of constructing and maintaining the said Canal as a ship communication between the two Oceans for the benefit of mankind, on equal •terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Page 93 - And whereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington, on the...
Page 32 - Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central 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...
Page 93 - ... sufficient capital subscribed to accomplish the contemplated undertaking ; it being understood that if, at the expiration of the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the governments of the United States and Great Britain shall he free to afford their protection to any other persons or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question.
Page 70 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connexion 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 92 - United States and Great Britain, and be allowed a year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this convention for concluding their arrangements, and presenting evidence of sufficient capital subscribed to accomplish the contemplated undertaking ; it being understood that if, at the expiration of the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the governments of the United States and Great Britain...
Page 70 - Britain hereby declare, that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Ship Canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...