Farewell Address
03/03/1837
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I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretatio...
Amid the duties constantly pressing on me, to give the subject that deliberate consideration which its importance demand...
I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 24th of May, 1836...
If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.