Excerpt from Speeches of Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts: In the Senate of the United States, December 6 and 11, 1893 Now, Mr. President, the suggestion that the United States may have acted with undue haste in the recognition of this government or that it may have violated international law by taking part in the revolution that established it, will not in my judgment bear examination for a moment. If at some time in the ast this country, even in violation of right, had aided in putting in power a government which has since that time been recognized b us and by other countries as a lawful government and is lawful y and peacefully exercising its functions, is it pos sible that because that might have happened there is any duty or any right under the law of nations, after the fact in the past has become established, to make war on that government and overthrow it and put in power another? If that be true, it was clearl the duty of France, whenever after our Revolutionary war s e should see fit, to have joined Great Britain in over throwing the United States and putting the Colonies under the English power once more. I suppose there can be no question that our treaty of alliance with France, which contributed so much to the establishment of our independence, was a violation of international obligation as between France and England. 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.