"Federal money should be limited to great national works only since, if it were unlimited, it would be liable to abuse and might be productive of evil."
"I transmit to the Senate, for the exercise of its constitutional power, a treaty lately concluded at the Indian Springs."
"To remove all doubt on the subject, I submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing a declaratory act to that effect."
"I transmit to the House of Representatives a further report from the Secretary of State"
"upon the subject of the capture and detention of American fishermen the past season in the Bay of Fundy"
"The attitude assumed by the State formed a case which was not contemplated by the existing laws of the United States relating to militia services."
"It belongs to Congress alone to terminate this distressing incident on just principles, with a view to the highest interests of our Union."
"I transmit to the Senate a convention, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of Colombia at Bogota on the 10th of December, 1824, together with the documents apperta..."
"The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power."
"That the regulation should be made by Congress is the more necessary from the consideration that this being the seat of the Government, its protection against such diseases must form one of its princi..."
"I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information called for by their resolution of the 1st of this month, touching the capture and detention ..."
"From the view which I have taken of these reports I contemplate results of incalculable advantage to our Union"