Special Message
04/05/1822
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Now, therefore, be it known that I, James Monroe, President of the United States, in pursuance of the authority aforesai...
If the law imposed such restraint, it would in that case be void.
We see, on the contrary, that every corps of the Army and staff was to be reorganized, and most of them reduced in offic...
I have to state that having referred the resolution to the Secretary of State, and it appearing, by a report from him, t...