I submit to Congress the expediency of providing for individual cases of this description by special enactment, or of revising the act of May 1st, 1820, with a view to mitigate the rigor of its exclusions in favor of persons to whom charity now bestowed can scarcely discharge the debt of justice.
Adams proposes that Congress should consider special laws to help those unfairly excluded from receiving aid.
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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.
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with documents, containing the information desired by the resolution.
These papers were prepared at the close of the last session of Congress, at too late a period to be then acted upon.
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