"the white people settled on the frontiers had openly violated the said boundary by intruding on the Indian lands"
"But although the most valuable of the disputed land is included, yet there is a certain claim of Georgia..."
"I have directed the commissioner to whom the charge of adjusting this treaty has been committed to lay before you such papers and documents..."
"It contains a regular, full, and definitive relinquishment on the part of the Creek Nation of the Oconee land."
"It is to be expected that it will also in its consequences be the means of firmly attaching the Creeks and the neighboring tribes to the interests of the United States."
"Will such an article be proper?"
"It is therefore agreed between the said parties that in the event of any such obstructions happening it shall be lawful for such persons as---- ----shall designate to introduce into and transport thro..."
"It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message."
"The trade of the Indians is a main mean of their political management."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:"
"The ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was received by me last night."
"I therefore nominate M, de Poiery to be a captain by brevet."
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."
"There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
"I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and original fountain of all power."
