James Madison said...

This source of national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to the prompt and constant guardianship of Congres...

I lay before Congress communications just received from the plenipotentiaries of the United States charged with negotiat...

In offering their blood they give the surest pledge that no other tribute will be withheld.

I transmit to Congress, for their information, copies of a letter from Admiral Cochrane, commanding His Britannic Majest...