The Case for the FilipinosCentury Company, 1916 - 360 páginas |
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Página 90 - * The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.' " * The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion/
Página 268 - law shall be passed ; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances ; that no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
Página 13 - independence and the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and adequate for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States/
Página 12 - any public debt, to pay the interest upon which, * and to make reasonable sinking fund provision for the ultimate discharge of which, the ordinary revenues of the Island, after defraying the current expenses of government, shall be inadequate. 3. That the Government of Cuba consents that
Página 274 - and then resided in said Islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace
Página 8 - and can no longer be endured, as has been set forth by the President of the United States in his message to Congress of April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety eight, upon which the action of Congress was invited : Therefore, Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Página 95 - for our satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands, and the measures adopted should be made to conform to their customs, their habits, and even their prejudices, to the fullest extent consistent with the accomplishment of the indispensable requisites of just and effective government.
Página 259 - consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain ; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date thereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of
Página 90 - The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion/ " It is also declared that the relinquishment or cession of Spanish sovereignty cannot impair the property or rights pertaining thereto 'of provinces, municipalities, public or private establishments, ecclesiastical or
Página 83 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.