 Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West India...  The North American Review - Page 7461896Full view - About this book
 | Louis A. Pérez - 2003 - 370 pages
...solution to North American concerns. "Cuba, almost in sight of our shores," wrote John Quincy Adams, "from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Adams surveyed Cuba's commanding position with "reference... | |
 | Richard Gott - 2005 - 412 pages
...Appendix A): These islands are natural appendages of the North American continent, and one of them - almost in sight of our shores - from a multitude of...the commercial and political interests of our Union. Adams spelt out his personal belief that, if Spanish rule in Cuba were to come to an end, it must inevitably... | |
 | Paul T. McCartney - 2006 - 392 pages
...their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Writings of John Quincy Adams, vol. 7, ed. WC Ford... | |
 | Paul T. McCartney - 2006 - 392 pages
...their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Writings of John Quincy Adams, vol. 7, ed. WC Ford... | |
 | 1901 - 1054 pages
...their local position and natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cnba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...importance to the commercial and political interests of otir Union. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and .the West India seas,... | |
 | 1895 - 658 pages
...minister to Spain, wrote that Cuba and Porto Eico were natural appendages to our continent, and Cuba had become " an object of transcendent importance to the...Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf • See also John Quincy Adams' Diary, v, 38. of Mexico and the West India seas ; the character of... | |
 | 716 pages
...constructive policy that aimed at dominance in the Caribbean and the leadership of the New World. [Cuba's] commanding position with reference to the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indian seas, its situation midway between our southern coast and the Island of San Domingo. . .the... | |
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