It was to be apprehended that causes of complaint might arise on the line dividing the United States from Her Britannic ...
I regret, however, to inform you that an outrage of a most aggravated character has been committed, accompanied by a hos...
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution.
But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evid...
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty.
The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.
In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country.
This Union must be preserved.
Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.
The paper money system of this country may be used as an engine to undermine your free institutions.
At every hazard and by every sacrifice this Union must be preserved.
It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst fo...
There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.
Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.
