James Monroe actually said...

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...

For the attainment of these objects I submit the subject to the consideration of Congress, that a sum adequate to the expenses attending suc...