James Monroe actually said...

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

To discriminate between men of acknowledged merit, especially in a way to affect so sensibly and materially their feelings and interests, fo...

Having cause to infer that the reasons which led to the construction which I gave to the act of the last session entitled 'An act to reduce ...

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