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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Black Warrior seizure. (search)
Ostend manifesto.
In July, 1853, William L. Marcy, the Secretary of State, wrote to Pierre Soule, American minister at Madrid, directing him to urge upon the Spanish government the sale or cession of Cuba to the United States.
Nothing more was done until after the affair of the Black Warrior in the winter of 1854.
In April, 1854, Mr. Soule was instructed and clothed with full power to negotiate for the purchase of the island.
In August the Secretary suggested to Minister Buchanan in London, Minister Mason at Paris, and Minister Soule at Madrid the propriety of holding a conference for the purpose of adopting measures for a concert of action in aid of negotiations with Spain.
They accordingly met at Ostend, a seaport town in Belgium, Oct. 9, 1854.
After a session of three days they adjourned to Aix-la-Chapelle, in Rhenish Prussia, and thence they addressed a letter, Oct. 18, to the United States government embodying their views.
In it they suggested that an earnest effort to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)