 This can be done without implicating the government. Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished.  The North American Review - Pàgina 389editat per - 1865Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Trotwood Moore, Austin Powers Foster - 1923 - 1014 pàgines
...Hermitage, suggested as much to President Monroe. In that letter was the following significant paragraph : "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea4) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - 1924 - 680 pàgines
...indemnity, and could be executed without in any way implicating the Government. " Let it," said he, " be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J....States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." * On the sixth of January, 1818, the letter was delivered to Monroe, and concerning what then happened... | |
 | Caroline Mays Brevard - 1924 - 334 pàgines
...received these orders. A few days before he had written a confidential letter to the President saying: Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhca) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days... | |
 | Homer Carey Hockett - 1925 - 470 pàgines
...letter to President Monroe, saying: "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea)2 that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable...States and in sixty days it will be accomplished." He afterwards asserted that he received the President's approval of his plan. Monroe on his part denied... | |
 | Homer Carey Hockett - 1925 - 470 pàgines
...expeditions. Jackson, moved by his old desire to conquer Florida, sent a letter to President Monroe, saying: "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea)2 that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States and in sixty days... | |
 | Andrew Jackson - 1927 - 496 pàgines
...and saves us from a war with Great Britain, or some of the Continental Powers combined with Spain ; this can be done without implicating the Government...States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished. The order being given for the possession of Amelia Island it ought to be executed, or our enemies,... | |
 | Paul Klapper - 1926 - 376 pàgines
...murder. He returned North and thus made good his promise, "Let it be signified to me through any channel that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable...States and in sixty days it will be accomplished." Jackson was neither punished nor censured for his acts. With Spain, weakened by Napoleon's victorious... | |
 | Gerald White Johnson - 1927 - 346 pàgines
...and saves us from a war with Great Britain, or some of the continental powers, combined with Spain. This can be done without implicating the government....States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished. An outrageous proposal, a low, dishonest, cynical proposal, no doubt, but highly practical statecraft,... | |
 | Edwin C. McReynolds - 1957 - 436 pàgines
...attitude of the entire southwestern frontier regarding United States relations with Spanish Florida. "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. J. Rhea)," Jackson wrote, "that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in... | |
 | 1862 - 602 pàgines
...me,' General Jackson had written to President Monroe, ' through any channel, that the possession of of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." This seemed to be an important gain to the South, but mark the retribution that followed ! The annexation... | |
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