James Monroe said...

To motives of interest this Government has invariably disclaimed all pretension, being resolved to take no part in the c...

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

I hereby withdraw all the nominations on which the Senate has not decided until I can make a more full communication and...

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...