Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts: On the Cession of Russian America to the United StatesPrinted at the Congressional Globe Office, 1867 - 48 páginas |
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... seen that this boundary is old ; the rest is new . Starting from the Frozen ocean the western boundary descends Behring straits , midway between the two islands of Krusenstern and Ratmanov , to the parallel of 65 ° 30 ' , just below ...
... seen that this boundary is old ; the rest is new . Starting from the Frozen ocean the western boundary descends Behring straits , midway between the two islands of Krusenstern and Ratmanov , to the parallel of 65 ° 30 ' , just below ...
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... seen . This island , which is included in the present cession , may be con- sidered as the first point in Russian discovery , as it is also the first outpost of the North American continent . Continuing northward , and hugging the ...
... seen . This island , which is included in the present cession , may be con- sidered as the first point in Russian discovery , as it is also the first outpost of the North American continent . Continuing northward , and hugging the ...
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... seen nothing like it in his life . Scurvy came with its disheartening horrors . The commodore himself was a sufferer . Rigging broke . Cables snapped . Anchors were lost . At last the tempest - tossed vessel was cast upon a desert ...
... seen nothing like it in his life . Scurvy came with its disheartening horrors . The commodore himself was a sufferer . Rigging broke . Cables snapped . Anchors were lost . At last the tempest - tossed vessel was cast upon a desert ...
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... and by Mr. de Stoeckl on the part of Russia . Few treaties have been conceived , initiated , prosecuted , and completed in so simple a manner without protocols or dispatches . The whole negotiation will be seen in its result , unless 9.
... and by Mr. de Stoeckl on the part of Russia . Few treaties have been conceived , initiated , prosecuted , and completed in so simple a manner without protocols or dispatches . The whole negotiation will be seen in its result , unless 9.
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... seen in its result , unless we accept two brief notes , which con- stitute all that passed between the negotiators . These have an interest general and special , and I conclude the history of this transaction by reading them ...
... seen in its result , unless we accept two brief notes , which con- stitute all that passed between the negotiators . These have an interest general and special , and I conclude the history of this transaction by reading them ...
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Página 10 - In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States agree to pay at the Treasury in Washington, within ten months after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, to the diplomatic representative or other agent of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, duly authorized to receive the same, seven million two hundred thousand dollars in gold.
Página 10 - The cession of territory and dominion herein made is hereby declared to be free and unencumbered by any reservations, privileges, franchises, grants, or possessions, by any associated companies, whether corporate or incorporate, Russian or any other, or by any parties, except merely private individual property holders ; and the cession hereby made, conveys all the rights, franchises, and privileges now belonging to Russia in the said territory or dominion, and appurtenances thereto.
Página 3 - Attou on the east, and Copper Island on the west, to the meridian of 193° west longitude, leaving the prolonged group of the Aleutian Islands in the possessions now transferred to the United States, and making the western boundary of our country the dividing line which separates Asia from America.
Página 10 - I His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias agrees to cede to the United States, by this convention, immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications thereof, all the territory and dominion now possessed by his said Majesty on the continent of America, and in the adjacent islands, the same being contained within the geographical limits herein set forth...
Página 10 - It is also understood, that, for the space of ten years from the signature of the present Convention, the vessels of the two Powers, or those belonging to their respective subjects, shall mutually be at liberty to frequent, without any hindrance whatever, all the inland seas, the gulfs, havens, and creeks on the coast mentioned in Article III for the purposes of fishing and of trading with the natives.
Página 3 - BOUNDARIES AND CONFIGURATION. In endeavoring to estimate its character I am glad to begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40...
Página 11 - January, 1869. Meanwhile, during this brief period, it will be easy by Act of Congress in advance to limit importations at Sitka, so that this "free port" shall not be made the channel or doorway by which British goods may be introduced into the United States free of duty. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TREATY. From this survey of the Treaty, as seen in its origin and the questions under it...
Página 9 - Petersburg the applications from the United States were under consideration; but the Russian Government was disinclined to any minor arrangement of the character proposed. Obviously something like a crisis was at hand with regard to these possessions. The existing government was not adequate. The franchises granted there were about to terminate. Something must be done. As Mr. De Stoeckl was leaving in February to return to his post, the Archduke Constantine, brother and chief adviser of the Emperor,...
Página 8 - It is within my knowledge that the Russian Government was sounded on the subject during the Administration of Mr. Buchanan. This was done through Mr. Gwin, at the time Senator of California, and Mr. Appleton, Assistant Secretary of State. For this purpose the former had more than one interview with the Russian minister at Washington, some time in December, 1859, in which, while professing to speak for the President unofficially, he represented that " Russia was too far off to make the most of these...
Página 1 - Thirteen governments thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.