George Washington actually said...

I lay before Congress copies of a letter from the governor of the State of New York and of the exemplification of an act of the legislature ...

Let us unite, therefore, in imploring the Supreme Ruler of Nations to spread his holy protection over these United States.

Let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the Constitution of the United State...

To yield to the treasonable fury of so small a portion of the United States would be to violate the fundamental principle of our Constitutio...