To guard against the possible recurrence of any similar act I have thought it indispensable to call out a portion of the...
It was to be apprehended that causes of complaint might arise on the line dividing the United States from Her Britannic ...
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of t...
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution.
I regret, however, to inform you that an outrage of a most aggravated character has been committed, accompanied by a hos...
I ask such appropriations as the circumstances in which our country is thus unexpectedly placed require.
The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty.
In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country.
But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evid...
Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.
There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst fo...
If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.
This Union must be preserved.
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.
The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.
