A government that is not of the people is not a just government.

An informed and active citizenry is essential for democracy.

The extraordinary expenses to be incurred in the present year in supporting our foreign intercourse I find will require a provision beyond the ordinary appropriation and the additional $20,000 already granted.

The measures now in operation for taking possession of the posts of Detroit and Michilimackinac render it proper that provision should be made for extending to these places and any others alike circumstanced the civil authority of the…

I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, an explanatory article proposed to be added to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States and Great Britain.

I now nominate Jeremiah Wadsworth to be a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Cohnawaga Indians.

Herewith I lay before you a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, relative to compensation to the attorneys of the United States in the several districts, which is recommended to your consideration.

the right of forming a permanent constitution and State government

admission as a State, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever

I nominate as commissioners on the part of the United States.

It is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty.

It is thus that the treaty-making power has been understood by foreign nations.

It is a fact declared by the General Convention and universally understood that the Constitution of the United States was the result of a spirit of amity and mutual concession.

I have ever entertained but one opinion on this subject; and from the first establishment of the Government to this moment my conduct has exemplified that opinion.

I trust that no part of my conduct has ever indicated a disposition to withhold any information which the Constitution has enjoined upon the President as a duty to give.

The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy.

I send herewith a copy of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, concluded on the 27th of October last, between the United States and His Catholic Majesty.

It will also be necessary to provide for the expense to be incurred in executing the twenty-first article of the treaty.