 | 1857 - 496 str.
...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... | |
 | 1857 - 632 str.
...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 f " Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then by every law, human and divine, we shall... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 str.
...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,... | |
 | William Beach Lawrence - 1858 - 246 str.
...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,... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1859 - 804 str.
...incentives, that the acquisition of Cuba by the United States need to be enforced, except insomuch aa this inhuman importation of slaves into the immediate...principle that would justify an individual in tearing clown the burning houses of his neighbor, if there were no other means of preventing the flames from... | |
 | 1859 - 788 str.
...MASON and SOÜLK, has been widely misconstrued and misunderstood by the people of the United Slates, at least by a large body of them. On reverting to...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,... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1859 - 506 str.
...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... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1859 - 470 str.
...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 - 1859 - 674 str.
...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,... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - 1860 - 412 str.
...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...from 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,... | |
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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... 
