Let us unite, therefore, in imploring the Supreme Ruler of Nations to spread his holy protection over these United States.
Without submission, coercion must be the resort.
It is the duty of every citizen to contribute to the public good.
This intelligence brings a fresh proof of the insufficiency of the existing provisions of the laws toward the effectual cultivation and pres...
this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwi...
Peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, is contemplated.
A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility.
My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished.
I have thought proper to nominate, and do hereby nominate, John Jay as envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Britannic Majesty.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning t...
GO. WASHINGTON.