Fifth Annual Message
12/02/1821
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This power can be granted only by an amendment to the Constitution and in the mode prescribed by it.
Congress do not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.
Sensible of what I owed to my country, I felt strongly the obligation of observing the utmost impartiality in selecting ...
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with documents, which contains the information requeste...