Andrew Jackson: “I think it my duty to acquiesce therein, and therefore I nominate Alcée La Branche, of Louisiana, to be chargé…”

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 can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretations

Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.

The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.