The late war, although reluctantly declared by Congress, had become a necessary resort to assert the rights and independ...
I, James Madison, President as aforesaid, have caused the premises to be made public; and I do hereby enjoin all persons...
Peace, at all times a blessing, is peculiarly welcome.
Experience has taught us that neither the pacific dispositions of the American people nor the pacific character of their...
This source of national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to the prompt and constant guardianship of Congres...
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 forfeitu...
Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank
The bank proposed will be free from all legal obligation to cooperate with the public measures
In discharging this painful duty of stating objections to a measure which has undergone the deliberations and received t...
I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the bill ought not to become a law
The most the bank could effect, would be to keep the institution alive by limited and local transactions
I transmit, for the information of Congress, the communications last received from the ministers extraordinary and pleni...
They will be invited by the same solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the American peop...
His blessing on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace
The instructions to those plenipotentiaries, disclosing the grounds on which they were authorized to negotiate and concl...
I lay before Congress communications just received from the plenipotentiaries of the United States charged with negotiat...
I transmit to Congress, for their information, copies of a letter from Admiral Cochrane, commanding His Britannic Majest...
