 | George Ticknor Curtis - Buchanan, James - 1883 - 736 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 peace and the existence of our cherished Union 1 Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - Republican Party - 1884 - 662 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...question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every la*-, human and divine, toe shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power.... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Government publications - 1886 - 876 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to coueider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union Î Sbould this question be answered in the affirmative, then by every law, human and divine, we shall... | |
 | Francis Wharton - International law - 1887 - 876 pages
...and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to coueider tbo question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...affirmative, then by every law, human and divine, wo shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, it we possess the power; and this upon the very same... | |
 | Francis Wharton - International law - 1887 - 866 pages
...does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our mternal peace and the existence ot'our cherished Union! Should this question be answered...divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, it we possess the power; and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in... | |
 | James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 694 pages
...actuated by stubborn pride and a false sense of honor, should refuse to sell Cuba to the United States," then " by every law, human and divine, we shall be...wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." This was the doctrine of the mailed hand — "Might makes Right" — pure and simple. Its utterances... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - Abolitionists - 1890 - 460 pages
...internal peace and the existence of our 1859. THE OSTEND MANIFESTO. 175 cherished Union ? Should that question be answered in the affirmative, then, by...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power." Such was the combination of slave-holding cant with a new gospel of national burglary which in 1859... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - America - 1890 - 712 pages
...Spain, actuated by pride and stubborn sense of honor, should refuse to sell Cuba to the United States," then, " by every law, human and divine, we shall be...wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power." This is the argument of the highway robber, and why it should not have been rebuked at Washington can... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - Abolitionists - 1890 - 544 pages
...the existence of our cherished Union ? Should that question be answered in the affirmative, I hen, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power." Such was the combination of slave-holding cant with a new gospel of national burglary which in 1859... | |
 | James Martineau - Theology - 1890 - 560 pages
...to sell the sovereignty of Cuba to the United States, " then" say Mr. Buchanan and his associates, " by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, IF WE HAVE THE POWER ! " Had the recklessness of the Southern policy confined itself to the continent, it... | |
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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... 
