Had the minister of Spain offered an unqualified pledge that the treaty should be ratified by his Sovereign on being made acquainted with the explanations which had been given by t...
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...
On full consideration of all these circumstances, I have thought it my duty to submit to Congress whether it will not be advisable to postpo...
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...
I transmit to the Senate copies of sundry papers having relation to the treaty of 22d February, 1819, between the United States and Spain.
I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, which, with the accompanying documents, will shew that the act of the 20...
I now transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which, with the accompanying documents, contains all the information that can be furnishe...