"The late war, although reluctantly declared by Congress, had become a necessary resort to assert the rights and independence of the nation."
"Peace, at all times a blessing, is peculiarly welcome."
"This source of national independence and wealth I anxiously recommend to the prompt and constant guardianship of Congress."
"I lose no time, therefore, in submitting the treaty to the Senate for their advice and approbation."
"And I do hereby further authorize and direct all suits, indictments, and prosecutions for fines, penalties, and forfeitures against any person or persons who shall be entitled to the benefit of this f..."
"I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the bill ought not to become a law"
"Waiving the question of the constitutional authority of the Legislature to establish an incorporated bank"
"The bank proposed will be free from all legal obligation to cooperate with the public measures"
"The most the bank could effect, would be to keep the institution alive by limited and local transactions"
"In discharging this painful duty of stating objections to a measure which has undergone the deliberations and received the sanction of the two Houses of the National Legislature"
"I transmit, for the information of Congress, the communications last received from the ministers extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States at Ghent, explaining the course and actual state..."
"They will be invited by the same solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the American people"