Problems of Expansion: As Considered in Papers and Addresses |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abandon absolute acquired admission admitted Aguinaldo Alaska American arbitration archipelago army Article assumed California ceded century citizens civil rights claim clause coast colonies commercial Commission Congress consent Constitution continent Continental Union course Cuba Cuban debt Cushman K Declaration of Paris declared Dingley tariff Doctrine doubt duty East ernment foreign give Guam hold honor indemnity inhabitants interest International Law Jefferson Justice labor land liberty Little Americans Louisiana Luzon Malay Manila ment Mexico millions Monroe Monroe Doctrine native negotiations ocean outset Pacific patriotic Peace Commissioners Peace of Paris Philippines pledge political population Porto Rico possessions President protect question ratifications recognize refused Republic responsibility revenues rule San Francisco Sandwich Islands secure Senate sion sovereignty Spain Spanish stitution Tagals territory thing tion tional trade Treaty of Paris tropical Union United Washington Webster West Indies Whitelaw Reid whole
Popular passages
Page 278 - Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 278 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 90 - 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 281 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.
Page 279 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 273 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States, which has not, by becoming a state acquired the means of self,government, may result necessarily from the facts, that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular state, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States, The right to govern, may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory, Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned...
Page 287 - The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind, of either Government, or of its citizens or subjects, against the other Government, that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba and prior to the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, including all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war. The United States will adjudicate and settle the claims of its citizens against Spain relinquished in this...
Page 2 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 274 - Doubtless Congress, in legislating for the Territories would be subject to those fundamental limitations in favor of personal rights which are formulated in the Constitution and its amendments; but these limitations would exist rather by inference and the general spirit of the Constitution from which Congress derives all its powers, than by any express and direct application of its provisions.
Page 69 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth ; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship ; and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.