"In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, explanatory of the causes which have prevented a compliance with a re..."
"I regret, however, to inform you that an outrage of a most aggravated character has been committed, accompanied by a hostile though temporary invasion of our territory, producing the strongest feeling..."
"I ask such appropriations as the circumstances in which our country is thus unexpectedly placed require."
"I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of that body dated the 5th instant."
"Every precaution was therefore taken on our part authorized by the existing laws, and as the troops of the Provinces were embodied on the Canadian side it was hoped that no serious violation of the ri..."
"I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution."
"It was to be apprehended that causes of complaint might arise on the line dividing the United States from Her Britannic Majesty's dominions."
"To guard against the possible recurrence of any similar act I have thought it indispensable to call out a portion of the militia, to be posted on that frontier."
"A nation without a national government is, in my view, an awful spectacle."
"The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts."
"The judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution."
"Those who are to be the judges of the law ought to be independent, and under the influence of none but heaven."
"The wisdom of a few has often outweighed the clamor of many."
"It is essential to the security of liberty that the government in general should have a common interest with the people."
"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society."
"A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care."
"A well-adjusted government should be a firm guardian of the nation’s property and interests, while allowing for the freedom of the individual."
"The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of the consent of the people."
