 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
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1857 - 702 pages
...to sell Cuba to the United States," then, li by every bw, 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,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1859 - 804 pages
...value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...Spain, if we possess the power, and this upon the same principle that would justify an individual in tearing clown the burning houses of his neighbor,... | |
 | Commerce - 1859 - 780 pages
...value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...Spain, if we possess the power, and this upon the same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning houses of his neighbor,... | |
 | 1859 - 788 pages
...value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal...cherished Union ? Should this question be answered in the ajffirm'iiive, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain,... | |
 | Commerce - 1859 - 782 pages
...value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace, and the existence of our cherished Union I Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and -divine, we shall... | |
 | Seba Smith - American literature - 1859 - 506 pages
...first law of nature with States as well as with individuals." Matters and things being thus and so, " then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting Cuba from Spain, if we possess the power." There, says I, there's your chart, as plain as the nose... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...refuse 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,... | |
 | Seba Smith - American literature - 1859 - 470 pages
...first law of nature with States as well as with individuals." Matters and things being thus and so, " then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting Cuba from Spain, if we possess the power." There, says I, there's your chart, as plain as the nose... | |
 | Frederick Milnes Edge - Cotton growing - 1860 - 252 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...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... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Cuba - 1860 - 412 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...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... | |
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