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On the recordSeptember 19, 1814
His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders.
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James Madison
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Sixth Annual Message

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