James Monroe: “I am of opinion that Congress do not possess this power; that the States individually cannot grant it.”

To remove all doubt on the subject, I submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing a declaratory act to that effect.

It belongs to Congress alone to terminate this distressing incident on just principles, with a view to the highest interests of our Union.

From the view which I have taken of these reports I contemplate results of incalculable advantage to our Union

I transmit to the Senate a convention, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of Colombia at Bogota on the 10th of December, 1824, together with the documents appertaining to the negotiation of the same…