...contention of the appellant is that as Congress, by the joint resolution of April 20th, 1898, declared that "the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," and as peace has existed since, at least, the military forces of Spain evacuated...

...of imperial power at home and abroad. Our Senate and House of Representatives deliberately resolved that the people of Cuba "are and of right ought to be free and independent." That was a declaration of their equality, so far as international rights are...

...April — a day of historical significance — a joint resolution was adopted by Congress, declaring that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, demanding that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government...

...the ultimatum that would involve no stultification of the declaration by the United States Congress, that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent. Canada. The bona fide concession to Cuba of a status parallel to that which Canada...

...which recognized the independent Government, but left standing the remainder of the clause, asserting that the people of Cuba "are and of right ought to be free and independent." The premises of the syllogism remained after the conclusion had been struck...

...to allow the little words " are and " in the first section of the Senate resolution, which declares that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. The resolution as finally adopted was that reported from the Senate Committee...

...to allow the little words " are and" in the first section of the Senate resolution, which declares that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. The resolution as finally adopted was that reported from the Senate Committee...

...The Senator from Connecticut himself acted on a different doctrine within six months. Ho resolved, " That the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent," and I think, you will tell the Senate by and by that the people of Cuba are...

...in the declaration made by Congress in section first of the Act approved by you on April 20, 1898, that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, that reason could not go as far as to declare that the Puerto Rican people are...

...recognize the Cuban Republic. The motion failed. Then both Houses of Congress resolved (April 19, 1898) " that the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent."2 In the same resolutions Congress demanded that Spain should give up all sovereignty...