06/21/1860
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"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d of February last, requesting information in regard to the occupation by American citizens of the island of Navassa, in the West Indies, I tra..."
"No force can be employed unless upon the request of the Government of Nicaragua."
"The grant of transits in our favor and the guaranty of our protection as an equivalent."
"This treaty is in accordance with the policy inaugurated by the Government of the United States."