 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Cuba - 1860 - 412 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...from Spain if we possess the power; and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning house of his neighbor,... | |
 | Frederick Milnes Edge - Cotton growing - 1860 - 250 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question — does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." Is there in the whole range of diplomacy so vile a document as this? The only excuse which any of the... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Cuba - 1860 - 412 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if wo possess the power; and this upon the very sumo principle that would justify tm individual in tearing... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 668 pages
...to sell Cuba to the United States," then, " by every law, human and divine, we [the United States] shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." This doctrine, that "might makes right," has been strongly condemned, when promulgated by other nations,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 388 pages
...to sell Cuba to the United States," then, " by every law, human and divine, we [the United States] shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." Reciprocity treaty with England. Nicaragua. British officials dismissed. Kansas. the United States... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...and this shall have been refused, then it will be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...Spain, if we possess the power : and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning house of his neighbor... | |
 | William D. Jones - United States - 1864 - 276 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question : Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall le justified in wresting it from Spain, if we have thB power" Stronger evidence it was hardly possible... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - United States - 1865 - 558 pages
...value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...Spain, if we possess the power ; and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning house of his neighbor,... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1865 - 670 pages
...and this shall have been refused, then it will be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...Spain, if we possess the power : and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning house of his neighbor... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1865 - 704 pages
...consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal jieaee and the existence of our cherished Union ? " Should...affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, wo shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power : and this upon the very same... | |
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After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace, and the existence... 
