 | Albert Gardner Robinson - Cuba - 1915 - 320 pages
...harbor of Havana. On April nth, President McKinley's historic message went to Congress, declaring that "the only hope of relief and repose from a condition...be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba," and asking for power and authority to use the military and naval forces of the United States to effeéì... | |
 | Albert Gardner Robinson - History - 1915 - 334 pages
...harbor of Havana. On April nth, President McKinley's historic message went to Congress, declaring that "the only hope of relief and repose from a condition...be endured is the enforced pacification of Cuba," and asking for power and authority to use the military and naval forces of the United States to effect... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1899 - 760 pages
...taken." On the llth of April, 1898, President McKinley. In his message of that date to Congress, said: "The only hope of relief and repose from a condition which can no longer be endured Is the enforced pacincatfon of Cuba. In the name of humanity. In the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites, Calvin Noyes Kendall - United States - 1924 - 652 pages
...free. President McKinley yielded to this popular clamor. He sent a message to Congress declaring that " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests, . . . the war in Cuba must stop." On April 19 Congress passed a resolution declaring that: (a) "The... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - United States - 1916 - 486 pages
...applause, when the President, after a careful review of the whole situation, reached a climax in the words: "In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop." When the President said, "The issue is now with the Congress," his words could have but one meaning.... | |
 | New York (State). Governor (1915-1918 : Whitman) - New York (State) - 1916 - 1070 pages
...of his countrymen as they had not been moved since the days of the first martyred President — ' ' In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." Convinced as to his duty, he was unalterable and unwavering. To paraphrase... | |
 | George Edwin Rines - Latin America - 1917 - 986 pages
...'s reply was conciliatory, but the resolve he had formed was expressed in his message of 11 April: " In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." The war in Cuba had, indeed, stopped or halted. The queen regent of... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1917 - 718 pages
...message lo Congress (April 11, 1898) in which he described the loss of property and life, and said : "In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization,...which give us the right and the duty to speak and act, the war in Cuba must stop." Accordingly a joint resolution was passed (April 19) directing the... | |
 | Mrs. Ruth Frances (Davis) Stevens, Ruth Frances Davis Stevens, David Harrison Stevens - Patriotic poetry, American - 1917 - 194 pages
...endure it no longer. On April n, 1898, President McKinley sent a message to Congress in which he said, "In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests .... the war in Cuba must stop." On April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, Congress... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - Georgia - 1926 - 256 pages
...agents did it. President McKinley felt that it was time now to act. He sent a message to Congress ' ' In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests, the war in Cuba must stop!" and war was shortly declared against Spain. Volunteers came from North,... | |
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In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop. 
