 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, docs Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace, and the existence...  Elements of International Law - Page 691by Henry Wheaton, William Beach Lawrence - 1855 - 728 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...consider the question, does Cuba in the possession of .Spain seriously endanger our internal peaee and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should...divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Hoaiu, if w? possess the puwer. And this upon tin; very same principle that would justify an individual... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1855 - 902 pages
...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...internal peace, and the existence of our cherished Union ? Bhould thia question be answered in tho affirmative, then by ever law, human and divine, we shall... | |
 | Henry Anthony Murray - Canada - 1855 - 510 pages
...prosperity of Canada, and then imagine them winding up their report with this clause—If it be so—' then by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from its present owners.' The American who penned that sentence must possess a copy of the Scriptures unknown... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 146 pages
...of dollars,— and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, Does Cuba in the possession of Spain seriously endanger...in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power. Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1856 - 88 pages
...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...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power." Mr. Buchanan's Record. The Richmond Enquirer thus endorses Buchanan : — " In private as well as in... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1856 - 40 pages
...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...internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union Î »oes the power — and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing... | |
 | English literature - 1857 - 654 pages
...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...justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the powef ; ana tliis upon the very same principle tliat would justify an individual m tearing down the... | |
 | George Melville Weston - Slavery - 1857 - 336 pages
...President of the United States, familiarly known as the "Ostend Manifesto," the following paragraphs: "Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously ' endanger...law, ' human and divine, we shall be justified in wrest' ing it from Spain. "We should be recreant to duty, be unworthy of ' our gallant forefathers,... | |
 | 1857 - 632 pages
...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...internal peace, and the existence of our cherished Union f " Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then by every law, human and divine, we shall... | |
 | Great Britain - 1857 - 496 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 might... | |
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