The constitutional power of the Federal Government to construct or promote works of internal improvement presents itself in two points of view.
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Amid the duties constantly pressing on me, to give the subject that deliberate consideration which its importance demands
To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith certain papers from the War Department, relative to the improvement of Brunswick Harbor, Georgia.
I herewith transmit to the House the copy of a letter addressed to me by the governor of the State of Maine on the 30th of June last, communicating sundry resolutions of the legislature of that State and claiming the reimbursement of certain moneys paid to John and Phineas R. Hatford for losses and expenses incurred by them under circumstances explained in the accompanying papers.
The Government of the United States is ever anxious to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations; but it proceeds on the principle that all nations have the right to alter, amend, or change their own government as the sovereign power--the people--may direct.





