In performing this necessary and very important duty I shall endeavor to place before you on its merits every subject that is thought to be entitled to your particular attention in as distinct and clear a light as I may be able.
Fifth Annual Message
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From the view which I have taken of these reports I contemplate results of incalculable advantage to our Union
I transmit to the House of Representatives a further report from the Secretary of State
It belongs to Congress alone to terminate this distressing incident on just principles, with a view to the highest interests of our Union.
The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power.
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