Democratic (constitutionalist) President Pierce requests of the Democratic 33rd Constitutional Congress (elected in accordance with Article I, Section 3 [Clause 1]) a 10,000,000 Dollar appropriation to purchase the Spanish enclave of Cuba.
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Authority:
“Article II, Section 2 [Clause 2]
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References:
Robert E. May, The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1973), 67.
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