 | Moorfield Storey - Colombia - 1904 - 28 pages
...offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, . . . then by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we have the power." This immoral declaration was justly condemned at the time and by none more distinctly... | |
 | Albert Gardner Robinson - Cuba - 1905 - 386 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...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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1905 - 644 pages
...protect slavery. This remarkable document says that if Spain refuses to sell Cuba for a fair price, "then by every law, human and divine, we shall be...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power " lest "we permit Cuba to be Africanized." Marcy's influence at last prevailed, and the United States... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - History - 1905 - 656 pages
...protect slavery. This remarkable document says that if Spain refuses to sell Cuba for a fair price, "then by every law, human and divine, we shall be...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power" lest " we permit Cuba to be Africanized." Marcy's influence at last prevailed, and the United States... | |
 | Albert Gardner Robinson - Cuba - 1905 - 388 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...existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question In. answered in the affirmative, then by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - United States - 1905 - 528 pages
...possession of Spain seriously endangers our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union, then by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain." this step in order to maintain slavery. The people, however, were strongly opposed to anything of the... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 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... | |
 | Richard Warner Van Alstyne - History - 1974 - 244 pages
...that, should Cuba become a menace (meaning Africanization), and should Spain still refuse to sell, ' then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power '. The text of this paper was not intended to be scanned by the public, but, having been carried secretly... | |
 | Harold Eugene Davis, John J. Finan - History - 1977 - 316 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 peace and the existence of our cherished union? If the answer is yes, then we act on the same basis that would justify a neighbor in tearing down the... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...decided that its security required possession of the island, and Spain persisted in refusing to sell, then "by every law, human and Divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain."' ' In his usual fashion, Soule had failed to keep the Ostend meeting secret from the European press.... | |
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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... 
