James Monroe said...

To do justice to the subject it is thought proper to show the actual state of the Army before the passage of the late ac...

Having cause to infer that the reasons which led to the construction which I gave to the act of the last session entitle...

The Secretary of State, one of the ministers referred to, has already expressed a desire that Mr. Russell's letter shoul...

I am of opinion that Congress do not possess this power; that the States individually cannot grant it.