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The primary focus of diplomatic activity during the Adams administration was a contest with Britain over trade and influence in Latin America. The United States suffered two embarrassments, one in Mexico in the Poinsett affair and the other at the Panama Congress of 1826.
The significance of that event was that it diminished the prestige of the United States in Mexican eyes while the British gained favor.
(Poinsett returned home from Mexico with cuttings of a red flowering plant that became extremely popular and later bore his name: Poinsettia pulcherrima.)
The Senate was reluctant. Jacksonian forces were averse to anything that would enhance the administration's public image, and some Southern senators objected to sending delegates who would serve on an equal basis with dark-skinned representatives from other nations. Because of this foot dragging, the American delegates did not arrive in Panama until after the Congress had adjourned. Britain's delegates were in session, which increased their nation's trade prospects and prestige.
Biography of President John Quincy Adams
... John Adams II, Charles Francis Major Events Erie Canal Opened Panama Congress Walker's Appeal Tariff of Abominations Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Begun The Cabinet Secretary of State: Henry Clay Secretary of Treasury: Richard Rush ...
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Secretary of State Henry Clay
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John Quincy AdamsNew Page 1
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