Unexpected as such complaints and such a demand were under existing circumstances, it was thought proper, without compromitting the Government as to the course to be pursued, to meet them promptly and to give the explanations that were desired on every subject with the utmost candor.
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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 attitude assumed by the State formed a case which was not contemplated by the existing laws of the United States relating to militia services.
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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