The conduct of this Government has in every instance been conciliatory and friendly to France.
Deeply impressed with the blessings which we enjoy, and of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almight...
By the increase of domestic manufactures will the demand for the rude materials at home be increased, and thus will the dependence of the se...
The new Government of Colombia has extended its territories and considerably augmented its strength, and at Buenos Ayres, where civil dissen...
As little cause has the Government of France to complain of the seizure of the Apollo and the removal of other vessels from the waters of th...
The laws have had their due operation and effect.
A squadron has been maintained, as heretofore, in the Mediterranean, by means whereof peace has been preserved with the Barbary Powers.
It is much to be regretted that, although a negotiation has been long pending, such is the diversity of views entertained on the various poi...
It is my duty to state, as a cause of very great regret, that very serious differences have occurred in this negotiation respecting the cons...
The progress of our affairs since the last session has been such as may justly be claimed and expected under a Government deriving all its p...
In conducting the fiscal operations of the year it has been found necessary to carry into full effect the act of the last session of Congres...
In performing this necessary and very important duty I shall endeavor to place before you on its merits every subject that is thought to be ...
I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that so much of the several acts imposing duties ...
Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States, in pursuance of the resolution of Congress aforesaid, have issued this my p...
And I do moreover offer a reward of $300 for each principal, if there be more than one, and $150 for each accessary before the fact, if ther...
I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting the citizens of the United States, and particularly those of th...
I now lay a copy of the said treaty before the House of Representatives in order to such legislative provisions being made as may be necessa...
I communicate to the two Houses of Congress copies of a treaty this day ratified on the part of the United States, concluded and signed at t...