Special Message
12/08/1813
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That all violations of the nonimportation act be subjected to adequate penalties.
I lay before Congress communications just received from the plenipotentiaries of the United States charged with negotiat...
Experience has taught us that neither the pacific dispositions of the American people nor the pacific character of their...
Even the fleets and troops infesting our coasts and waters are by like supplies accommodated and encouraged in their pre...