A Century of American Diplomacy: Being a Brief Review of the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1776-1876 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page iv
... ment edition of 1889 ) , arranged alphabetically as to countries and in chronological order . It is regretted that the engagements of a busy professional life have prevented the author from treating the subjects more exhaustively or ...
... ment edition of 1889 ) , arranged alphabetically as to countries and in chronological order . It is regretted that the engagements of a busy professional life have prevented the author from treating the subjects more exhaustively or ...
Page 3
... ment of the human race . It has been well said that it is impossible to separate the policy of the government from the conscience of the nation . The diplomatic record which our country has made in the first century of its existence is ...
... ment of the human race . It has been well said that it is impossible to separate the policy of the government from the conscience of the nation . The diplomatic record which our country has made in the first century of its existence is ...
Page 13
... ment , I entreat Your Majesty to allow me to direct the return of the Sieur Montaudoin to Paris . The apparent pretext for that proceeding will be to obtain from him an account of his correspondence with the Americans , though in ...
... ment , I entreat Your Majesty to allow me to direct the return of the Sieur Montaudoin to Paris . The apparent pretext for that proceeding will be to obtain from him an account of his correspondence with the Americans , though in ...
Page 15
... ment for twenty - five thousand men from the French government , was officially refused , but he was semi- officially referred to Beaumarchais , who with the capital acquired procured the arms and equipment from the government arsenals ...
... ment for twenty - five thousand men from the French government , was officially refused , but he was semi- officially referred to Beaumarchais , who with the capital acquired procured the arms and equipment from the government arsenals ...
Page 48
... ment taught them ; and various of the Colonies had received a most valuable contingent of its population from the Netherlands . For all these reasons the recog nition of our independence by Holland , though tardy , was most welcome . Mr ...
... ment taught them ; and various of the Colonies had received a most valuable contingent of its population from the Netherlands . For all these reasons the recog nition of our independence by Holland , though tardy , was most welcome . Mr ...
Contents
1 | |
5 | |
23 | |
30 | |
64 | |
74 | |
80 | |
90 | |
333 | |
339 | |
347 | |
358 | |
359 | |
381 | |
384 | |
392 | |
94 | |
99 | |
114 | |
136 | |
158 | |
185 | |
188 | |
190 | |
196 | |
233 | |
235 | |
270 | |
278 | |
299 | |
300 | |
311 | |
316 | |
324 | |
399 | |
406 | |
415 | |
421 | |
428 | |
435 | |
441 | |
448 | |
454 | |
461 | |
467 | |
473 | |
479 | |
485 | |
488 | |
489 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Adams's administration alliance ambassador American commissioners appointed Arthur Lee authority Beaumarchais became boundary Britain British government British minister Cabinet cession character claims Colonies commerce commission conduct Cong Congress Constitution Continental Congress correspondence court Deane debate declared Department diplo diplomacy diplomatic dispatch England envoys Europe European executive favor Federalist Foreign Affairs foreign relations France Franklin French government French minister friends Gouverneur Morris gress Hamilton honor House important independence influence instructions interest Jay treaty Jay's John Adams John Quincy Adams king letter London Lord Lord Shelburne Louisiana Madison ment Merry mission Mississippi Monroe Doctrine nations negotiations neutrality occasion Oswald Paris party political ports President proclamation received representatives respecting Richardson's Messages Secretary Senate sent Sess Seward Spain Spanish territory tion treaty of peace United Vergennes vessels views Washington Writings of Jefferson wrote
Popular passages
Page 471 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions or policy or internal administration of any foreign state ; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 392 - Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 439 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence, she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 444 - 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 power.
Page 118 - Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.
Page 257 - 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.
Page 425 - A neutral Government is bound — 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...
Page 136 - On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust, to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one, who inheriting inferior endowments from nature, and...
Page 199 - But I suppose they must then appeal to the nation for an additional article to the Constitution, approving and confirming an act which the nation had not previously authorized. The Constitution has made no provision for our holding foreign territory, still less for incorporating foreign nations into our Union.
Page 189 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment, we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.