Weakened as it has occasionally been since that time, it can by us never be forgotten, and we should hail with exultation the moment which should indicate a recollection equally friendly in spirit on the part of France.
Adams expresses hope for a friendly gesture from France, emphasizing the enduring nature of their relationship.
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Some additional documents having relation to the objects of the mission to the congress at Panama, and received since the communication of those heretofore sent, are now transmitted to the Senate.
My first and greatest inducement was to meet in the spirit of kindness and friendship an overture made in that spirit by three sister Republics of this hemisphere.
The faith of the United States to foreign powers can not otherwise be pledged.
The purpose of the meeting itself is to deliberate upon the great and common interests of several new and neighboring nations.
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