"I have received authentic information that certain lawless and wicked persons of the western frontier in the State of Georgia did lately invade, burn, and destroy a town belonging to the Cherokee Nati..."
"I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States and requiring all the officers thereof, according to their respective stations, to us..."
"I do moreover offer a reward of $500 for each and every of the above-named persons who shall be so apprehended and brought to justice."
"upon the result of your deliberations the future conduct of the Executive will on this occasion materially depend."
"The several measures which have been pursued to induce the hostile Indian tribes north of the Ohio to enter into a conference or treaty with the United States at which all causes of difference might b..."
"It will remain with the Legislature to take such measures as it shall think best for settling the said boundary with that State."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: In pursuance of the law, I now lay before you a statement of the administration of the funds appropriated to certain foreign purposes."
"I can not dismiss the subject of Indian affairs without again recommending to your consideration the expediency of more adequate provision for giving energy to the laws throughout our interior frontie..."
"The prosperous state of our revenue has been intimated."
"It would be wise, however, by timely provisions to guard against those acts of our own citizens which might tend to disturb [peace]..."
"No measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to its intrinsic importance or to the general sentiment and wish of the nation."
"Every citizen owes to his country and to the laws."