Studies in History, Economics, And Public Law 20, nos. 1-2
Studies in History, Economics, And Public Law 20, nos. 1-2
Columbia University. Faculty of Political Science
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Only when the inhabitants rose and took matters into their own hands did the United States interfere. Though it was now easy enough to get up some sort of justification as against foreign protests, Mr. Madison had not been so sure of his ground at home. October 19, 1810, when he knew something of what was going on, but had not yet received any " communication from the successful party at Baton Rouge," he wrote to Mr. Jefferson to say that the crisis in West Florida presented serious questions a...s to the adequacy of the laws of the United States for territorial administration. He feared that the near approach of Congress might subject any intermediate interposition of the Executive to the chargp of being premature and dis- lAmcr. State Papers, For. RcL, iii, 542. 235] ^^^ ANNEXATION OF WEST FLORIDA 51 respectful, if not ill^;al. Still he thought the exigencies of the case, the country to the Perdido being ours and in danger of foreign seizure, would justify him in taking pos- session.* But his doubts about the legality and propriety of occu- pation soon vanished.
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