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... English counties were a century ago ; isolation was no longer possible , at least to the degree in which it had existed when the Monroe Doctrine was an- nounced . During the nineties there was a growing apprecia- tion that our national ...
... English counties were a century ago ; isolation was no longer possible , at least to the degree in which it had existed when the Monroe Doctrine was an- nounced . During the nineties there was a growing apprecia- tion that our national ...
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... English Protest- ants , —were in a position to give to their plundering expedi- tions the sanction of religion . - But although they rendered property unsafe , they were not powerful enough to cope with the organized forces of Spain ...
... English Protest- ants , —were in a position to give to their plundering expedi- tions the sanction of religion . - But although they rendered property unsafe , they were not powerful enough to cope with the organized forces of Spain ...
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... English neighbors.5 Almost more important was the fusion of Dutch and English interests in 1688 on the accession of the stadtholder of Holland to the throne of England as William III . United by strict treaties , by which the Dutch ...
... English neighbors.5 Almost more important was the fusion of Dutch and English interests in 1688 on the accession of the stadtholder of Holland to the throne of England as William III . United by strict treaties , by which the Dutch ...
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... English merchants ; but by concentrating it in certain ports and confining ocean traffic to the regular passage of great protected fleets , she went far toward accomplishing her purpose . England France and England confronted the ...
... English merchants ; but by concentrating it in certain ports and confining ocean traffic to the regular passage of great protected fleets , she went far toward accomplishing her purpose . England France and England confronted the ...
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... English to the seacoast . They prepared , there- fore , to establish a chain of forts from the lakes to the gulf . The English colonists , on the other hand , desired the valley in order to thwart the plans of the French , and because ...
... English to the seacoast . They prepared , there- fore , to establish a chain of forts from the lakes to the gulf . The English colonists , on the other hand , desired the valley in order to thwart the plans of the French , and because ...
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Page 448 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Page 212 - 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 212 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its Powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us...
Page 212 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord.
Page 456 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese (erritorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 345 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike...
Page 301 - Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power...
Page 392 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 462 - The policy of both governments, uninfluenced by any aggressive tendencies, is directed to the maintenance of the existing status quo in the region above mentioned and to the defense of the principle of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China.
Page 149 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.