...of Florida, promptly passed a joint resolution saying: "That the United States, 1 See chap. xii. 95 under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis,...for the temporary occupation of the said territory." All of which, translated into the geographical facts of to-day, would mean that if Denmark tried to...

...border of the United States may have upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce, "Be it Resolved : That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...hands of any foreign power; and that a due regard for their own safety compels them to provide, under certain contingencies, for the temporary occupation...

...any part of the said territory pass into the hands of any foreign power; and that a due regard for their own safety compels them to provide, under certain...occupation of the said territory ; they at the same time declaring that the said territory shall, in their hands, remain subject to future negotiations. ' '...

...commerce, — Resolved, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crises, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of...for the temporary occupation of the said territory A few months before this Thomas Sumter had been received at Petropolis by the Prince Regent, Joao VI,...

...commerce, — Resolved, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crises, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of...for the temporary occupation of the said territory. . .,. . A few months before this Thomas Sumter had been received at Petropolis by the Prince Regent,...

...authority requested and reiterated the doctrine of Madison in a joint resolution to this effect: . . . . that the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...for the temporary occupation of the said territory. Thus an important part of our foreign policy was doubly secure by the sanction of congressional approval....

...border of the United States may have upon their security, tranquil ity and commerce, "Be it Resolved: That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...hands of any foreign power; and that a due regard for their own safety compels them to provide under certain contingencies for the temporary occupation...

...therefore "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, "That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...contingencies, for the temporary occupation of the said territory."2 It is clear, therefore, that as early as 1792 in Washington's administration, one of these...

...commerce,— "RESOLVED, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crises cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of...for the temporary occupation of the said territory." President Madison was always friendly toward his southern neighbors. In determining his attitude toward...

...asserted the peculiar interest of the United States in the Spanish province of Florida and declared, "That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...part of the said territory pass into the hands of a foreign Power ; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them to provide, under certain...