A Sketch of Chili: Expressly Prepared for the Use of Emigrants, from the United States and Europe to that Country, with a Map, and Several Papers Relating to the Present War Between that Country and Spain, and the Position Assumed by the United States Therein |
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... Foreign Nations , XI . The Public Revenue ,. XII . Commerce ( Statistical Tables ) ,. XIII . Progress of Steam Navigation ,. XIV , Agriculture ( Statistical Returns ) ,. xv . Mines ,. XVI . Coal and Coal Fields ,. 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 20 ...
... Foreign Nations , XI . The Public Revenue ,. XII . Commerce ( Statistical Tables ) ,. XIII . Progress of Steam Navigation ,. XIV , Agriculture ( Statistical Returns ) ,. xv . Mines ,. XVI . Coal and Coal Fields ,. 5 6 7 9 10 12 14 15 20 ...
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... Foreign Department on Mr. Vicuña Mackenna's Diplomatic Immunity .. VI . Judgment of the Panamá Mercantile Chronicle on the trial and arrest of Mr. Vicuña Mackenna .... 125 126 PREFACE . THE present little work comprises two parts under.
... Foreign Department on Mr. Vicuña Mackenna's Diplomatic Immunity .. VI . Judgment of the Panamá Mercantile Chronicle on the trial and arrest of Mr. Vicuña Mackenna .... 125 126 PREFACE . THE present little work comprises two parts under.
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... foreign trade , but now she has fifty- five . The Spaniards have consequently done a great ser- vice to the world . They have , it may be said , discovered with their big ships no less than fifty new ports unknown before to geographers ...
... foreign trade , but now she has fifty- five . The Spaniards have consequently done a great ser- vice to the world . They have , it may be said , discovered with their big ships no less than fifty new ports unknown before to geographers ...
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... foreign people . With the exception of the war with the Araucanians , in which many Governors of Chili lost their power and life , and which was terminated in the peace of Negrete , in 1793 , there occurred nothing worthy of the notice ...
... foreign people . With the exception of the war with the Araucanians , in which many Governors of Chili lost their power and life , and which was terminated in the peace of Negrete , in 1793 , there occurred nothing worthy of the notice ...
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... foreign and home af- fairs , of finance , of war and marine , of justice , religion and education . They are responsible for every official act , and cannot leave the country for six months after the ex- piration of their term of public ...
... foreign and home af- fairs , of finance , of war and marine , of justice , religion and education . They are responsible for every official act , and cannot leave the country for six months after the ex- piration of their term of public ...
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Abraham Lincoln Aconcagua Admiral Pareja agent agricultural American Applause Araucanians Argentine army Atacama beautiful capital cent Chile Chili Chilian Chiloé Chincha coal coast colony commerce Concepcion Congress continent Copiapó copper Coquimbo coun declared desert of Atacama diplomatic E. G. Squier emigrants England English enterprise Europe European exportation extent fact famous following table foreign France gentlemen Government honor houses Huasco hundred immense important independence inhabitants institutions land lately lecture liberal liberty Llanquihue Mexico miles millions mines Minister Monroe Doctrine mountains nations noble North ocean Pacific Panamá patriotism peace Peru political ports present President principal Promaucaes provinces Puerto Montt railways Republic of Chili republican respect revenue Santiago Secretary Señor ships silver single South America southern Spain Spaniards Spanish Squier Steam Navigation steamers sympathy Talcahuano thousand tion tonnage United Valdivia valleys Valparaiso Washington York
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Page 102 - Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty. In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.
Page 101 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Page 102 - I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it/ "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better...
Page 101 - MY FRIENDS : No one not in my position can appreciate the sadness I feel at this parting. To this people I owe all that I am. Here I have lived more than a quarter of a century; here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again.
Page 16 - 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 maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 75 - Mexico ; and they therefore think fit to declare that it does not accord with the policy of the United States to acknowledge any monarchical government, erected on the ruins of any republican government in America, under the auspices of any European power.
Page 102 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 102 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject." Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time." If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it. Such of you as are now dissatisfied...
Page 68 - I regret that I shall not be able to be present at your meeting, but you may be assured that I am heartily in sympathy with the declared object thereof, and intend to make my sentiments known in Congress at an early period of the present session.
Page 16 - European powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...