requesting the President of the United States to communicate
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The measure is proposed under a thorough conviction that it is in strict accord with the law of nations, that it is just and right as to the parties, and that the United States owe it to their station and character in the world, as well as to their essential interests, to adopt it.
I herewith transmit to that House a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information called for.
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, furnishing all the information upon this subject in the possession of that Department.
The revolutionary movement in the Spanish Provinces in this hemisphere attracted the attention and excited the sympathy of our fellow-citizens from its commencement.





