jan 1, 1854 - Marcy has American Diplomats in Europe make the Ostend Manifesto

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1854 manifesto that urged President Franklin Pierce to seize the slave-owning province of Cuba from Spain. Northern Democrats denounced this aggressive initiative, and the plan was scuttled.

effects: Whigs, northern Democrats, and Free Soilers all denounced it ("slave power"), pierce withdrew his support for Quitman (cancelled his expedition)

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