 | Frederick Milnes Edge - 1860 - 252 страници
...present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question—does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger...wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." • Is there in the whole range of diplomacy so vile a document as this? The only excuse which any... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - 1860 - 412 страници
...Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain,...we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if wo possess the power; and this upon the very sumo principle that would justify tm individual in tearing... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 388 страници
...to sell Cuba to the United States," then, " by every law, human and divine, we [the United States] shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." Reciprocity treaty with England. Nicaragua. British officials dismissed. Kansas. the United States... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 страници
...to sell Cuba to the United States," then, " by every law, human and divine, we [the United States] shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." This doctrine, that "might makes right," has been strongly condemned, when promulgated by other nations,... | |
 | William D. Jones - 1864 - 276 страници
...Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question : Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain,...affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall le justified in wresting it from Spain, if we have thB power" Stronger evidence it was hardly possible... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1865 - 704 страници
...Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, then it will be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal jieaee and the existence of our cherished Union ? " Should this question be answered in the affirmative,... | |
 | 1866 - 570 страници
...possession of Spain, seriously endangered the " internal peace and the existence " of the American Union, " then by every " law, human and divine, we shall be "justified in wresting it from Spain." As President, his only work seems to have been to steer the sliip right on to the breakers. The wreckers... | |
 | 1866 - 870 страници
...possession of Spain, seriously endangered the " internal peace and the existence " of the American Union, " then by every '• law, human and divine, we shall be "justified in wresting it from Spain." As President, his only work seems to have been to steer the ship right on to the breakers. The wreckers... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 страници
...Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, ' Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain,...wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." the platform adopted by the convention, it was stated, in connection with other principles to which... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1876 - 542 страници
...and Cuba, being in her possession, should " seriously endanger our internal peace, . . . then, by 34* every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain." This manifesto, as it was called, received no rebuke from our government. But the republican convention,... | |
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After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence... 
