On the recordMarch 14, 1826
It was not considered a conclusive reason for declining this invitation that the proposal for assembling such a Congress had not first been made by ourselves.
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The acceptance of this invitation, therefore, far from conflicting with the counsel or the policy of Washington, is directly deducible from and conformable to it.
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