Ostend Manifesto

noun

1. a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.

Example Sentences

Jean de Laet de, quoted, I, 353.Annexation of Cuba to United States, first suggested, II, 257, 326;campaign for, 380;sought by United States, III, 132, 135;Marcy's policy, 141;Ostend Manifesto, 142;Buchanan's efforts, 143;not considered in War of Independence, IV, 19.Antonelli,

From Project Gutenberg

They came together at Ostend in the summer of 1854, and a little later concluded their deliberations at Aix-la-Chapelle, and the result of their conference was embodied in that extraordinary document known to history as the Ostend Manifesto.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Bell traced the rise and progress of the filibuster spirit, until it culminated in the Ostend manifesto, and became reflected in this Cuban bill.

From Project Gutenberg

Inevitably, the Ostend Manifesto was leaked to the press, giving rise to a storm of protest at home and abroad.

From Salon

Yet Spain had not changed its mind since the time of the Ostend Manifesto.

From Salon