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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAmerican Antigua appointed Arawaks Bahamas Barbados Basse-Terre British buccaneers called Cape capital captured Caribbean Caribbean Sea Caribbees Caribs century channel chief coffee colonists colony coloured Columbus cotton council Cuba Cuban cultivation Curacao deep Dominica Dutch east eastern end English exports farther feet high force France French fruits governor Greater Antilles Grenada Guadeloupe Gulf Gulf of Paria Haiti harbour Havana Hispaniola hundred inhabitants island Jamaica labour land Leeward Lesser Antilles Lucia Martinique ment miles long mountains natives nearly negroes north coast northern peaks peninsula Ponce population port possession president province Puerto Rico race reefs republic ridge Samana San Juan Santa Santiago Santo Domingo settlers shore side slavery slaves slopes soil southern coast Spain Spaniards Spanish square miles sugar plantations tion tobacco took town trade trees Trinidad tropical valleys vegetation Venezuela vessels Vincent Virgins volcanic West Indies western Popular passagesPage 194 - In view of these facts and of these considerations I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquillity and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces... Page 194 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect... Page 88 - ... his eyes naturally looking fierce and wild, made him altogether such a figure, that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury, from Hell... Page 194 - First, that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Page 192 - Congress that a time may arrive when a correct policy and care for our interests, as well as a regard for the interests of other nations and their citizens, joined by considerations of humanity and a desire to see a rich and fertile country, intimately related to us, saved from complete devastation... Page 354 - This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.' In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a, weary dream. Full-faced above the valley stood the moon ; And like a downward smoke, the slender stream Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go; And some thro... Page 193 - If it shall hereafter appear to be a duty imposed by our obligations to ourselves, to civilization and humanity to intervene with force, it shall be without fault on our part and only because the necessity for such action will be so clear as to command the support and approval of the civilized world. Page 124 - This country excels all others; as far as the day surpasses the night in splendour. Nor is there a better people in the world. They love their neighbour as themselves; their conversation is the sweetest imaginable, their faces always smiling ; and so gentle, so affectionate are they, that I swear to your Highnesses, Page 88 - This beard was black, which he suffered to grow of an extravagant length; as to breadth it came up to his eyes. He was accustomed to twist it with ribbons, in small tails, after the manner of our ramilies wigs, and turn them about his ears. In time of action, he wore a sling over his shoulders with three brace of pistols... Page 88 - Wiggs, and turn them about his Ears; In Time of Action, he wore a Sling over his Shoulders, with three brace of Pistols, hanging in Holsters like... References from web pagesJSTOR: The Decline of Caribbean Smuggling Bibliographic information
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