Special Message
02/17/1815
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The American people will face it with the undaunted spirit which in their revolutionary struggle defeated his unrighteou...
It is possible that a perseverance of the enemy in their cruel policy may render a further expense for the like purpose ...
I transmit to Congress, for their information, copies of a letter from Admiral Cochrane, commanding His Britannic Majest...
I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the bill ought not to become a law