 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning house of his neighbour if there were no other means of preventing the flames...regard the odds which Spain might enlist against us." The following is the " Cili:en's " view of the war : — "a " This glorious war, had it no other salutary... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1856 - 40 pages
...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...preventing the flames from destroying his own home. " Uncrer such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 146 pages
...every law, human and DIVINE, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power. Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count...regard the odds which Spain might enlist against us. We should be RECREANT TO OUR DUTY and commit base treason against our posterity, should we permit Cuba... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - Central America - 1857 - 24 pages
...injurious to the United States." How does Mr. Buchanan reply? On the 18th of October, 1854, he says-: " Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might-enlist against us. We forbear to enter into the question, whether the present condition of the... | |
 | 1857 - 632 pages
...same principle that would justify an individual m tearing doum the burning house of his neighbour, if there were no other means of preventing the flames from destroying his own home. 1857. United States Politics — Foreign and Domestic. " Holler such circumstances, we ought neither... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1857 - 486 pages
...to the United otates." How does Mr. Buchanan reply? On the 18th of October, 1854, he says: *' L'ndcr such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which ï-n.iin might enlist against ua. We forhear to cnh-r into the question, whether the ! present condition... | |
 | William Beach Lawrence - Search, Right of - 1858 - 240 pages
...shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power; and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing...neighbor, if there were no other means of preventing x the flames from destroying his own home. Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count the... | |
 | Thomas Lanier Clingman - Clayton-Bulwer Treaty - 1858 - 24 pages
...manifesto. The language is so good that I desire to repeat it again. On the 18th of October he says: " Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard tile odds which Spain might enlist against us. We forbear to enter into the question, whether the present... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1859 - 804 pages
...and this upon the same principle that would justify an individual in tearing clown the burning houses of his neighbor, if there were no other means of preventing...circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard tlie odds which Spain might enlist against us." To test the fitness of the above positions, to every... | |
 | 1859 - 788 pages
...and this upon the samo principle that would justify an individual in tearing down the burning houses of his neighbor, if there were no other means of preventing...circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard tbe odds which Spain might enlist against us." To test the fitness of the above positions, to every... | |
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Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power; and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing down... 
