...from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only toward the North American Union which by the same law of nature cannot cast her off from its bosom." The different political factions that would define Cuban history for the rest of the century, on the...

...the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but to fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and...by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off from her bosom. M Later that year, Thomas Jefferson, still an influential voice in American affairs, wrote...

...from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only toward the North American Union, which by the same law of nature cannot cast her off from her bosom.' "The Cubans fought and lost a ten-year war against Spain from 1868 to 1878, then started...

...Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union,...law of nature cannot cast her off from its bosom. "lS In 1825, now president, Adams offered to purchase Cuba. The Spanish responded indignantly. Adams...

...Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union,...the same law of nature cannot cast her off from its bosom."18 In 1825, now president, Adams offered to purchase Cuba. The Spanish responded indignantly....

...disjoined from its unnatural connexion with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only toward the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her ofF from her bosom. The transfer of Cuba to Great Britain would be an event unpropitious to the interests of...