Message from the President of the United States: In Answer to a Resolution of the Senate Calling for Information Relative to a Proposed Tripartite Convention on the Subject of Cuba1853 - 23 strani |
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23 Avril acquisition America Anglais aujourd'hui autre puissance Britain cession of Cuba commerce communication concurrence consideration continent Count de Sartiges d'Etat Daniel Webster declaration droit Earl of Malmesbury engagements Espagnol Etats Unis European power éventualités faire fait France and England friendly relations gouvernement des Etats gouvernement fédéral gouvernement Français government of France grandes puissances maritimes Gulf of Mexico high contracting parties honor indifference the island intention to obtain intérets island of Cuba j'ai eu l'honneur John F l'Angleterre l'avenir l'Espagne l'ile de Cuba la possession laration Lord Malmesbury maintien Majesty's government maritime powers ment Mexico Minister Monsieur nations obtain possession occasion peut portée possession of Cuba present Prince President proposed convention province qu'elles qu'il renonciation république respect sera serait seven-years war severally and collectively sion souveraineté Spain Spanish temps territorial three powers tion transmettre Turgot and Lord undersigned United United Kingdom vernement Washington
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Stran 17 - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence, she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore,...
Stran 8 - It has been stated, and often repeated, to the Government of Spain by this Government, under various administrations, not only that the United States have no design upon Cuba themselves, but that if Spain should refrain from a voluntary cession of the island to any other European power, she might rely on the countenance and friendship of the United States, to assist her in the defense and preservation of that island.
Stran 22 - French text of the convention, " for the present as for the future," (pour le present comme pour 1'avenir,) that is, for all coming time. The history of the past — of the recent past — affords no assurance that twenty years hence France or England will even wish that Spain should retain Cuba...
Stran 15 - The high contracting parties hereby, severally and collectively, disclaim, now and for hereafter, all intention to obtain possession of the Island of Cuba, and they respectively bind themselves to discountenance all attempt to that effect on the part of any power or individuals whatever.' " ' The high contracting parties declare, severally and collectively, that they will not obtain or maintain for themselves or for any one of themselves any exclusive control over the said island, nor assume nor...
Stran 8 - States to assist her in the defence and preservation of that Island ; at the same time, it has always been declared to Spain that the Government of the United States could not be expected to acquiesce in the cession of Cuba to an European Power.
Stran 17 - This expression, now become proverbial, was unquestionably used by Mr. Jefferson in reference to the alliance with France of 1778 — an alliance, at the time, of incalculable benefit to the United States ; but which, in less than twenty years, came near involving us in the wars of the French revolution, and laid the foundation of heavy claims upon Congress, not extinguished to the present day. It is a significant coincidence, that...
Stran 16 - ... of the measure rendered it his duty, as far as the executive action is concerned, to give his consent to the arrangement. Such, however, is not the case. The convention would be of no value unless it were lasting: accordingly...
Stran 22 - ... glanced at in this note to mistake the law of American growth and progress, or think it can be ultimately arrested by a convention like that proposed. In the judgment of the President, it would be as easy to throw a dam from Cape Florida to Cuba, in the hope of stopping the flow of the Gulf Stream, as to attempt, by a compact like this, to fix the fortunes of Cuba 'now and for hereafter'; or, as expressed in the French text of the convention, ' for the present as for the future,' (pour le present...
Stran 21 - ... the fortunes of an ancient ally and a gallant people, with whom the United States have ever maintained the most friendly relations, would, if no other reason existed, make it our duty to leave her in the undisturbed possession of this little remnant of her mighty trans-Atlantic empire. The President desires to do so; no word, or deed of his will ever question her title, or shake her possession. But can it be expected to last very long? Can it resist this mighty current in the fortunes of the...
Stran 7 - Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Prince President of the French Republic, and the United States of America, having judged it expedient, with a view to strengthen the friendly relations which happily subsist between them, to set forth and fix, by a convention, their views and intentions with regard to the island of Cuba...