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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 27, 1822

I have thought proper to communicate every document comprised within this call.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 27, 1822

Being always desirous to communicate to Congress, or to either House, all the information in the possession of the Executive respecting any important interest of our Union which may be communicated without real injury to our constituents.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 16, 1822

I nominate the persons whose names are stated in the inclosed letter from the Secretary of War for the appointments therein respectively proposed for them.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 16, 1822

It is, however, submitted to the Senate whether this is a case requiring their confirmation; and in case that such should be their opinion, it is submitted to them for their constitutional confirmation.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 7, 1822

As no compensation is authorized by law for the execution of the duties assigned to Mr. Lambert, it is submitted to the discretion of Congress to make the necessary provision for an adequate allowance to him and to the assistant whom he…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Jan 6, 1822

I transmit a report of the Secretary of the Navy, together with a survey of the coast of North Carolina, made in pursuance of a resolution of Congress of the 19th January, 1819.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 29, 1821

The documents explanatory of the additional articles are likewise herewith transmitted.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 29, 1821

This treaty is in all respects the same in its provisions with that which had been concluded on the 30th of June, 1815, and was ratified, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the 26th of December of that year, with the…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 29, 1821

The circumstances which have occasioned the delay in laying the present treaty before the Senate for their advice and consent to its ratification are, that having been received in the spring of the year 1817, during the recess of the…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 29, 1821

I transmit to the Senate a treaty of peace and amity concluded between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers on the 23d of December, 1816.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 15, 1821

I transmit to Congress a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing the report of the commissioners appointed in conformity with the provisions of 'An act to authorize the building of light-houses therein mentioned, and for other…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 15, 1821

The whole expense hitherto incurred in carrying both resolutions into effect has exceeded by $542.56 the appropriation of April, 1818.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 15, 1821

A further appropriation will be necessary for carrying it into effect.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 15, 1821

No appropriation has yet been made to defray the expenses incident to the execution of the resolution of 21st April, 1820.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 15, 1821

This balance remains due to the printers, and is included in the estimates of appropriation for the year 1822.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 2, 1821

By the increase of domestic manufactures will the demand for the rude materials at home be increased, and thus will the dependence of the several parts of our Union on each other and the strength of the Union itself be proportionably…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 2, 1821

From the intrinsic difficulty of executing laws deriving their origin from different sources, and so essentially different in many important circumstances, the advantage, and indeed the necessity, of establishing as soon as practicable a…

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 2, 1821

Such was the basis of our system as established by the act of 1815 and such its true character.

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