James Monroe actually said...

On full consideration of all these circumstances, I have thought it my duty to submit to Congress whether it will not be advisable to postpo...

Under such circumstances the attention of the Spanish Government may be diverted from its foreign concerns, and the arrival of a minister he...

The distress of that nation at this juncture affords a motive for this forbearance which can not fail to be duly appreciated.

I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, which, with the documents accompanying it, will afford all the informa...