"I have to request your decision whether you will advise and consent to the extension of the powers of the commissioners as proposed."
"Knowing the friendly interest you take in whatever may promote the happiness and prosperity of the French nation."
"I lay before you a copy of a return of the number of inhabitants in the district of South Carolina as made to me by the marshal thereof."
"That the sum to be paid annually by the United States to the Cherokee Nation of Indians in consideration of the relinquishment of lands shall be $1,500 instead of $1,000 mentioned in the said treaty."
"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: I lay before you a copy of an exemplified copy of an act of the legislature of Vermont, ratifying on behalf of that State the articles of a..."
"Let us therefore cherish the spirit of peace and harmony, and encourage industry, economy, and sobriety."
"Although the national loss is considerable according to the scale of the event, yet it may be repaired without great difficulty."
"Excepting as to the brave men who have fallen on the occasion, and who are a subject of public as well as private regret."
"It is with great concern that I communicate to you the information received from Major-General St. Clair of the misfortune which has befallen the troops under his command."
"I received yesterday from the judge of the district of South Carolina a letter,..."
"In vain may we expect peace with the Indians on our frontiers so long as a lawless set of unprincipled wretches can violate the rights of hospitality, or infringe the most solemn treaties, without rec..."
"The powers specially vested in me by the act laying certain duties on distilled spirits, which respect the subdivisions of the districts into surveys, the appointment of officers, and the assignment o..."