These acts embrace an object of such magnitude, and in their consequences may so deeply affect the peace and welfare of the United States, that I have thought it necessary now to lay them before Congress.
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To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.
A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation is my abundant reward.
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