Special Message
08/06/1790
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.
Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachm...
I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States.
I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.