Special Message
03/30/1796
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the ...
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by...