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 46
Page v
... secure recognition of independ- ence · · Initiation by Franklin of negotiations with Great Britain Arrival of Jay and his participation in the negotiations 2885 53 59 Complications in the negotiations Arrival of Adams and his support.
... secure recognition of independ- ence · · Initiation by Franklin of negotiations with Great Britain Arrival of Jay and his participation in the negotiations 2885 53 59 Complications in the negotiations Arrival of Adams and his support.
Page viii
... secure the whole of the vast terri- tory to the United States • 192 Protest of the Spanish government against the transfer 196 Other grounds of objection . Constitutional difficulty presented in the acquisition • Influence of the ...
... secure the whole of the vast terri- tory to the United States • 192 Protest of the Spanish government against the transfer 196 Other grounds of objection . Constitutional difficulty presented in the acquisition • Influence of the ...
Page ix
... secure Florida Jackson's invasion of Florida . The treaty of 1819 for its acquisition 235 237 • 238 239 240 241 243 245 248 249 250 • 252 254 256 258 260 263 265 266 268 Recognition of the Spanish - American republics Treaty with Russia ...
... secure Florida Jackson's invasion of Florida . The treaty of 1819 for its acquisition 235 237 • 238 239 240 241 243 245 248 249 250 • 252 254 256 258 260 263 265 266 268 Recognition of the Spanish - American republics Treaty with Russia ...
Page 10
... secure audience with Count de Vergennes , Minister of Foreign Affairs , and does not omit such details as to how he can secure the best " opportunity of acquiring Parisian French . " 1 A curious statement as to the knowledge possessed ...
... secure audience with Count de Vergennes , Minister of Foreign Affairs , and does not omit such details as to how he can secure the best " opportunity of acquiring Parisian French . " 1 A curious statement as to the knowledge possessed ...
Page 41
... secure its common action with France , and to the treaty of 1778 a secret clause was appended , providing for the adhesion of Spain to the alliance . In 1779 John Jay , of New York , one of the most distinguished and able of the ...
... secure its common action with France , and to the treaty of 1778 a secret clause was appended , providing for the adhesion of Spain to the alliance . In 1779 John Jay , of New York , one of the most distinguished and able of the ...
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.