...England's purchasing from Spain what is now the western part of Florida, passed a joint resolution saying, "that the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...for the temporary occupation of the said territory." All which, translated into the geography of to-day, means that if Holland, or France, or England, were...

...assembled, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis, can not, without serious inquietude, see any part of the said...territory ; they, at the same time, declare that the sakl territory shall, in their hands, remain subject to future negotiations.' Resolutions passed upon...

...by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...foreign power ; and that a due regard to their own safely compels them to provide, under certain contingencies, for the temporary occupation of the said...

...southern boundary of the United States may have upon their security, tranquility, and commerce . . . the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...part of the said territory pass into the hands of any other foreign power." See WF Reddaway, The Monroe Doctrine (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,...

...southern border of the United States may have upon their security, tranquility, and commerce," resolved, inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass...for the temporary occupation of the said territory, * * * ." These few antecedents show how clearly this principle was understood by and how vividly its...

...by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United. States of America, in Congress assembled, That the United States, under the peculiar circumstances...serious inquietude, see any part of the said territory pnss into the hands of uny foreign power ; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them to...

...its overriding interest in the territories along its southern border, the United States could not, "without serious inquietude, see any part of the said...territory pass into the hands of any foreign power." It authorized the president to seize East Florida (West Florida being already considered part of the...

...request, in January 181 1 Congress passed a secret resolution declaring that "the United States . . . cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of...territory pass into the hands of any foreign power"; the administration was authorized to use force, if necessary, to prevent it. In a sense, this resolution...

...their security, tranquility, and commerce," the No-Transfer Resolution asserted that the United States "cannot without serious inquietude see any part of...territory pass into the hands of any foreign Power [ie, England]; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them to provide ... for the temporary...

...lost ones, the US Congress passed the No-Transfer Resolution, which stipulated that the United States "cannot without serious inquietude see any part of...territory pass into the hands of any foreign power." In 1823, President James Monroe carried the idea further in his famous Monroe Doctrine, which contained...