Special Message
04/04/1826
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The acceptance of this invitation, therefore, far from conflicting with the counsel or the policy of Washington, is dire...
It may be that in the lapse of many centuries no other opportunity so favorable will be presented to the Government of t...
ThatAmericahas a set of primary interests which have none or a remote relation to Europe.
If it be true that the noblest treaty of peace ever mentioned in history is that by which the Carthagenians were bound t...