James Madison actually said...

The policy now proclaimed to the world introduces into her modes of warfare a system equally distinguished by the deformity of its features ...

I recommend to the consideration of Congress the equity and propriety of a general provision allowing in such cases, both past and future, a...

The circumstances and the issue of this combat afford another example of the professional skill and heroic spirit which prevail in our naval...

The signal display of both by Captain Bainbridge, his officers and crew, commands the highest praise.