James Monroe said...

I have to state that having referred the resolution to the Secretary of State, and it appearing, by a report from him, t...

If the law imposed such restraint, it would in that case be void.

The measure is proposed under a thorough conviction that it is in strict accord with the law of nations, that it is just...

I am aware that many officers of great merit, having the strongest claims on their country, have been reduced and others...