Fresh from a struggle against arbitrary power, many patriots suffered from harassing fears of an absorption of the State governments by the General Government, and many from a dread that the States would break away from their orbits.
Johnson reflects on the fears of patriots regarding the balance of power between state and federal governments after a struggle for liberty.
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I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents, which embrace all the papers that have been submitted to me relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the States of North Carolina and Louisiana.
This event will occasion mourning in the nation for the loss of an eminent citizen and honored public servant.
As a mark of respect for his memory, it is ordered that the Executive Departments be immediately placed in mourning and all business be suspended on the day of the funeral.
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to a resolution of the 9th instant, the accompanying report from the Secretary of State.
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