 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 958 pages
...contention of the appellant is that as Congress, by the joint resolution of April 20th, 1898, declared that "the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," and as peace has existed since, at least, the military forces of Spain evacuated... | |
 | 1901 - 736 pages
...of imperial power at home and abroad. Our Senate and House of Representatives deliberately resolved that the people of Cuba "are and of right ought to be free and independent." That was a declaration of their equality, so far as international rights are... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor - 1891 - 702 pages
...April — a day of historical significance — a joint resolution was adopted by Congress, declaring that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, demanding that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government... | |
 | Canadian Bar Association (1896-1898) - Bar associations - 1896 - 102 pages
...the ultimatum that would involve no stultification of the declaration by the United States Congress, that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. Canada. The bona fide concession to Cuba of a status parallel to that which Canada... | |
 | Law - 1898 - 858 pages
...which recognized the independent Government, but left standing the remainder of the clause, asserting that the people of Cuba "are and of right ought to be free and independent." The premises of the syllogism remained after the conclusion had been struck... | |
 | Gonzalo de Quesada, Henry Davenport Northrop - Cuba - 1898 - 694 pages
...to allow the little words " are and" in the first section of the Senate resolution, which declares that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. The resolution as finally adopted was that reported from the Senate Committee... | |
 | Gonzalo de Quesada - Cuba - 1898 - 700 pages
...to allow the little words " are and " in the first section of the Senate resolution, which declares that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. The resolution as finally adopted was that reported from the Senate Committee... | |
 | Amos Kidder Fiske - West Indies - 1899 - 512 pages
...for these purposes." This led to the adoption of a joint resolution on the 19th of April, declaring that the people of Cuba " are and of right ought to be free and independent," demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority in the island... | |
 | George Frisbie Hoar - United States - 1899 - 40 pages
...The Senator from Connecticut himself acted on a different doctrine within six months. Ho resolved, " That the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," and I think, you will tell the Senate by and by that the people of Cuba are... | |
 | William Johnston - Cuba - 1899 - 320 pages
...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, First, That the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. Second, That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government... | |
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First, that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. 
