Third Annual Message
11/04/1811
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If the reputation of our arms has been thrown under clouds on the other, presaging flashes of heroic enterprise assure us that nothing is wa...
How little has been the effect of this example on the conduct of the enemy!
To render the war short and its success sure, animated and systematic exertions alone are necessary.
These resources are amply sufficient to bring the war to an honorable issue.