It appearing by certain provisions contained in a late act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled 'An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,' that the assent of Congress will be necessary to carry the said act into effect.
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requesting to be furnished with a copy of the judicial proceedings in the United States court for the district of Louisiana in the case of the French slave ship La Pensee.
Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate of the United States should be convened on Friday, the 4th day of March next
I recommend them particularly to the consideration of Congress, believing that although there may be ground for controversy with regard to the application of the engagements of the treaty to the case, yet a liberal construction of those engagements would be compatible at once with a conciliatory and a judicious policy.
The great object to be accomplished is the removal of these tribes to the territory designated on conditions which shall be satisfactory to themselves and honorable to the United States.
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