James Madison said...

Experience has taught us that neither the pacific dispositions of the American people nor the pacific character of their...

I congratulate you and our constituents upon an event which is highly honorable to the nation.

The occasion may be proper, also, for securing the use and accommodations of the Neapolitan ports, which may at any time...

I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, a convention to regulate the commerce ...