...independent nation. John Quincy Adams, while Secretary of State under President Monroe, pointed out that: “Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. Its commanding position with reference to the Gulf...

...islands of Porto Rico and Cuba, Secretary Adams said : . . . These Islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent:...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union. . . . Such indeed are, between the interests of that...

...islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico still remain nominally, and so far really, dependent upon her . . . Cuba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude...object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union . . . there are laws of political as well as physical gravitation;...

...solution to North American concerns. "Cuba, almost in sight of our shores," wrote John Quincy Adams, "from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Adams surveyed Cuba's commanding position with "reference...

...Appendix A): These islands are natural appendages of the North American continent, and one of them - almost in sight of our shores - from a multitude of...object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union. Adams spelt out his personal belief that, if Spanish rule in...

...Adams to the US minister to Spain, in which he wrote, "These islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent,...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Writings of John Quincy Adams, vol. 7, ed. WC Ford...

...Adams to the US minister to Spain, in which he wrote, "These islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent,...become an object of transcendent importance to the political and commercial interests of our Union." Writings of John Quincy Adams, vol. 7, ed. WC Ford...

...their local position and natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them, Cnba, almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of...object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of otir Union. Its commanding position, with reference to the Gulf of Mexico...

...retained undisputed possession, Mr. Adams continued : " Those islands from their local position are natural appendages to the North American Continent, and one of them (Cuba), which is almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations, has become an object of...