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, and on January 7th, Mr. Clay, from this committee, reported a declaration and bill to enable the President to take possession of East Florida, which passed the Senate in secret session January 10, 1811, by a vote of 23 to 7. The nays were Senators Bayard, of Delaware; Champlin, of Rhode Island; Goodrich, of New Hampshire; Horsey, of Delaware; Lloyd, of Massachusetts; Pickering, of Massachusetts, and Reed, of Maryland. (Annals of Congress, 370-376, 575, 1138.) The bill passed the House January 15th and became a law by the signature of the President on the same day. This act authorized the President to take possession of East Florida, with the consent of the Spanish authorities, or in the event of an attempt by any foreign nation except Spain to occupy the province. Near the same time, a resolution was adopted in Congress which foreshadowed the famous Monroe Doctrine. Limited in expression to Florida, it was soon to become the permanent policy of the United States and to extend to