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James Monroe: I am the more induced to suggest this course of proceeding from a knowledge that, while we shall thereby make a just…

On the recordMarch 26, 1820
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 whose good offices have been acknowledged, and increase by a new and signal proof of moderation our claims on Spain, our attitude in regard to her will not be less favorable at the next session than it is at the present.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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