...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...

...subsequently approved by the President of the United States. The first clause of that resolution reads 'that the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent.' " There followed the official text of the Protocol in Spanish, and remarks:...

...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...

...within or without the dominion of the United Statee" ; it declared that the pled go made by Cungress at the outbreak of the war with Spain, that "the people of Cuba are. and of right uught to be, free and indepon dent," should be sacredly maintained. It favored "the Independence and...

...possession of the island, that they are willing to deny the truth of the declaration of our own Congress, that 'the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free/ " "Imperialism might expand the nation's territory, but it would contract the nation's purpose....