...companies having been acquired December, 1823, made, amongst others, the following statements : — " The occasion has been judged proper for asserting...involved, that the American Continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are not to be considered as subjects...

...December 1823, President Monroe had said, referring to the negotiations affecting the Northwest Coast: "The occasion has been judged proper for asserting...involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...observed, that the occasion of the discussions to which that incident had given rise, had been taken for asserting as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States were involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they...

...power and instructions have been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective...involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...northwest coast of this continent. A similar proposal had been made by his Imperial Majesty to tho Government of Great Britain, which has likewise been...involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...its subsequent history. I will begin by quoting the doctrine exactly as Monroe stated it. He said: In the discussions to which this interest has given...involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...pending with Russia, as to the northwest coast of America, that it is said: 'The occasion has been jndged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the...States are involved, that the American continents, by tLe free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...in the arrangemeiits by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for assorting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of...involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered...

...discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminât«, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting,...the rights and interests of the United States are iuvolved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed...

...two nations on the north-west coast of America, the President also declared, that ' the occasion had been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States were involved, that the American Continents, by the free and independent condition which they...