America's Foreign Relations, Volume 2Century Company, 1916 - United States |
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... present itself , nor was it in his power to bind the British government to any particular course of conduct in cases of which the circumstances and the significance were at present unknown . " There is no doubt that a most unfortunate ...
... present itself , nor was it in his power to bind the British government to any particular course of conduct in cases of which the circumstances and the significance were at present unknown . " There is no doubt that a most unfortunate ...
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... present , controversy furnishes no ground on which a great and friendly power can justly lend aid or sympathy to the party engaged in insurrection ; and there- fore he instructs you to insist on the practice of neutrality , . . . as all ...
... present , controversy furnishes no ground on which a great and friendly power can justly lend aid or sympathy to the party engaged in insurrection ; and there- fore he instructs you to insist on the practice of neutrality , . . . as all ...
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... present his case . On Saturday , three days later , however , Lord John Russell had an interview with the commissioners whom the Confederate States had sent thither , with the result that without waiting for Adams , on the fol- lowing ...
... present his case . On Saturday , three days later , however , Lord John Russell had an interview with the commissioners whom the Confederate States had sent thither , with the result that without waiting for Adams , on the fol- lowing ...
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... present paramount duty of the Government is to save the integrity of the American Union . Absolute , self - sustaining independence is the first and most in- dispensable element of national existence . This is a republican nation ; all ...
... present paramount duty of the Government is to save the integrity of the American Union . Absolute , self - sustaining independence is the first and most in- dispensable element of national existence . This is a republican nation ; all ...
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... present intention of offering mediation be- tween the belligerents . He added that no communication had been received from France upon the subject . This latter state- ment must be accepted as technically true , but there is little ...
... present intention of offering mediation be- tween the belligerents . He added that no communication had been received from France upon the subject . This latter state- ment must be accepted as technically true , but there is little ...
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Page 422 - It is agreed, that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Page 430 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America...
Page 304 - The citizens or subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall have liberty to enter, travel, and reside in the territories of the other to carry on trade...
Page 448 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary ; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay in accordance with the Regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service.
Page 422 - ... perfectly consistent, not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation, which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.
Page 447 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Page 430 - Islands, on the Western and Northern Coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the Coasts, Bays, Harbours and Creeks from Mount Joly on the Southern Coast of Labrador...
Page 450 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two Contracting Parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Page 258 - 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 448 - No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch.