George Washington actually said...

For the fulfillment of your anticipations of the future I can give no other assurance than that the motives which you approve shall continue...

It is truly gratifying to me to learn that the proclamation has been considered as a seasonable guard against the interruption of the public...

I think it my duty, therefore, to declare that I deem the nomination to have been null by the Constitution.

It has been agreed on the part of the United States that a treaty or conference shall be held at the ensuing season with the hostile Indians...