Fifth Annual Message
12/06/1813
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I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the bill ought not to become a law
The tendency of our commercial and navigation laws in their present state to favor the enemy and thereby prolong the war...
His blessing on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace
They will be invited by the same solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the American peop...