if not counteracted, will have the effect of diminishing very materially the pressure of the war on the enemy, and encou...
Conceiving it to be my duty to decline the proposed conference with the committee.
If they agree, the appointments or treaties are made; if the Senate disagree, they fail.
The relation between the Senate and House of Representatives, in whom legislative power is concurrently vested, is suffi...
The Swedish Government having repeatedly manifested a desire to interchange a public minister with the United States.
other considerations concurring to render it advisable at this period to make a correspondent appointment.
In recommending to the National Legislature this resort to additional taxes I feel great satisfaction in the assurance t...
As an encouragement to persevering and invigorated exertions to bring the contest to a happy result, I have the satisfac...
It is equally obvious that, for the purpose of preserving to each State its seafaring members, by excluding them from th...
If the reasonableness of expectations drawn from these considerations could guarantee their fulfillment a just peace wou...
The impressions on me are strengthened by such an evidence that my faithful endeavors to discharge my arduous duties hav...
Not to contend for such a stake is to surrender our equality with other powers on the element common to all.
It was not declared on the part of the United States until it had been long made on them, in reality though not in name.
The war has been waged on our part with scrupulous regard to all these obligations, and in a spirit of liberality which ...
These resources are amply sufficient to bring the war to an honorable issue.
To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary.
How little has been the effect of this example on the conduct of the enemy!
Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our rights o...
