Special Message
01/29/1794
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Good government is built on the principles of justice and equality.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by...
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly consider...