James Monroe actually said...

With these remarks I submit it to the wisdom of Congress whether it will not still be advisable to postpone any decision on this subject unt...

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...