James Monroe actually said...

Had the minister of Spain offered an unqualified pledge that the treaty should be ratified by his Sovereign on being made acquainted with th...

It appears, however, that the treaty is still unratified and that the minister has no authority to surrender the territory.

I am the more induced to suggest this course of proceeding from a knowledge that, while we shall thereby make a just return to the powers wh...

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...