Written by ministers to France, Spain, and Britain, namely John Mason, Pierre Soulé, and James Buchanan, for 10 points, name this document named after a Belgian city, which proposed to purchase from Spain, and if necessary take by force, Cuba.
It sought to remove "an unceasing danger, and a permanent cause of anxiety and alarm" while dissolving a "forced and unnatural connection" between two nations. Composed at the order of Secretary of State William Marcy, it came after Polk's 100 million dollar offer was rejected. Although Young Americans supported it, Free-Soilers opposed it, fearing further expansion of slavery. Written by ministers to France, Spain, and Britain, namely John Mason, Pierre Soulé, and James Buchanan, for 10 points, name this document named after a Belgian city, which proposed to purchase from Spain, and if necessary take by force, Cuba.
It sought to remove "an unceasing danger, and a permanent cause of anxiety and alarm" while dissolving a "forced and unnatural connection" between two nations.
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