Occurrences having taken place which shew that the statutory provisions for the dispensation of criminal justice are deficient.
An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government.
the locations of the land warrants of the said volunteers should 'be subject to such regulations as to priority of choice and manner of loca...
the warrantees may, in person or by their attorneys or other legal representatives, in the presence of the register and receiver of the said...
should any of the warrants not appear for location on that day they may be located afterwards, according to their priority of presentation
the land warrants of the said Canadian volunteers may be located agreeably to the said act at the land offices at Vincennes or Jeffersonvill...
I lay before Congress copies of a convention concluded between the United States and the Cherokee Indians on the 2d day of March last, as th...
With a view to the more convenient arrangement of the important and growing business connected with the grant of exclusive rights to invento...
I recommend also that further restraints be imposed on the issue of patents to wrongful claimants, and further guards provided against fraud...
The occasion may be proper, also, for securing the use and accommodations of the Neapolitan ports, which may at any time be needed by the pu...
I transmit also a copy of the late treaty of peace with Algiers, as certified by one of the commissioners of the United States.
I transmit the original of the convention between the United States and Great Britain, as signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, on t...
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, a convention to regulate the commerce between the United S...
The late war, although reluctantly declared by Congress, had become a necessary resort to assert the rights and independence of the nation.
Experience has taught us that neither the pacific dispositions of the American people nor the pacific character of their political instituti...
Peace, at all times a blessing, is peculiarly welcome.
I congratulate you and our constituents upon an event which is highly honorable to the nation.
I, James Madison, President as aforesaid, have caused the premises to be made public; and I do hereby enjoin all persons bearing office, civ...
