Special Message
12/10/1815
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This source of national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to the prompt and constant guardianship of Congres...
I lay before Congress copies of a convention concluded between the United States and the Cherokee Indians on the 2d day ...
It is found that the existing laws have not the efficacy necessary to prevent violations of the obligations of the Unite...
I congratulate you and our constituents upon an event which is highly honorable to the nation.