"Without submission, coercion must be the resort."
"Let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the Constitution of the United States."
"To yield to the treasonable fury of so small a portion of the United States would be to violate the fundamental principle of our Constitution, which enjoins that the will of the majority shall prevail..."
"Nothing can more promote the permanent welfare of the nation and nothing would be more grateful to our constituents."
"It is the duty of every citizen to contribute to the public good."
"This intelligence brings a fresh proof of the insufficiency of the existing provisions of the laws toward the effectual cultivation and preservation of peace with our Indian neighbors."
"this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwithstanding the endeavors making to avert it, may by circumst..."
"Peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, is contemplated."
"I have thought proper to nominate, and do hereby nominate, John Jay as envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Britannic Majesty."
"My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished."
"A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning the Algerine mission from our minister at Lisbon and others, ..."
"GO. WASHINGTON."
"I directed copies and translations to be made, except in those particulars which, in my judgment, for public considerations, ought not to be communicated."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I transmit to you an act and three ordinances passed by the government of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio on the ..."
"The condition of things in that quarter requires the serious and immediate consideration of Congress."
"his conduct has been unequivocally disapproved"
"the strongest assurances have been given that his recall should be expedited without delay"
