The extraordinary expenses to be incurred in the present year in supporting our foreign intercourse I find will require a provision beyond the ordinary appropriation and the additional $20,000 already granted.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
The prosperity of a nation depends on the integrity of its institutions.
Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.
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