Some Observations on the Status of Cuba (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Some Observations on the Status of Cuba The status of Cuba since the ratification of the Treaty of Paris is anomalous, and viewed as a whole it might be called unique, could this distinction be safely applied to any political condition. I venture some observations upon several features of the situation, in the hope of making a contribution toward a right understanding of the position of Cuba and the responsibilities of the United States in its regard. The first paragraph of Article First of the Treaty of Paris reads: "Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba." Here is a parting with territory by Spain, yet there is no cession, nor even a surrender in the sense of a transfer. At the end of the peace negotiations Spain did what, at their commencement, she protested could not be done - she abandoned Cuba, after vainly striving to induce the United States to accept it from her hands. But the island, though abandoned, did not become a derelict, being straightway occupied, although not annexed, by the United States. In these circumstances Cuba remains as foreign, to our domestic system as it was when under the dominion of Spain. It is not within the purview of the Constitution nor any law of the United States. It is not within the jurisdiction of Congress, which is the legislature of the United States and not of any other country. This limitation of congressional power is prescribed by the rule that the acts of a legislature have no force in foreign territory, except, of course, as they may be held to affect citizens abroad. This rule is sometimes stated in terms recognizing the inability of one state to depreciate the sovereignty of another by asserting jurisdiction in the latter´s territory, and were this the whole reason for the rule there might be difficulty in applying it to Cuba, where there is no state to be depreciated. But the sufficient reason for the rule is that a legislature is positively without jurisdiction beyond the limits of the country in which it is sovereign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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