I transmit also a copy of the late treaty of peace with Algiers, as certified by one of the commissioners of the United States.
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, a convention to regulate the commerce between the United S...
Peace, at all times a blessing, is peculiarly welcome.
I, James Madison, President as aforesaid, have caused the premises to be made public; and I do hereby enjoin all persons bearing office, civ...
I congratulate you and our constituents upon an event which is highly honorable to the nation.
Experience has taught us that neither the pacific dispositions of the American people nor the pacific character of their political instituti...
The late war, although reluctantly declared by Congress, had become a necessary resort to assert the rights and independence of the nation.
This source of national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to the prompt and constant guardianship of Congress.
I lose no time, therefore, in submitting the treaty to the Senate for their advice and approbation.
And I do hereby further authorize and direct all suits, indictments, and prosecutions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures against any pers...
The most the bank could effect, would be to keep the institution alive by limited and local transactions
Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank
In discharging this painful duty of stating objections to a measure which has undergone the deliberations and received the sanction of the t...
The bank proposed will be free from all legal obligation to cooperate with the public measures
I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the bill ought not to become a law
I transmit, for the information of Congress, the communications last received from the ministers extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Un...
His blessing on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace
They will be invited by the same solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the American people