Special Message
03/26/1820
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The progress of our affairs since the last session has been such as may justly be claimed and expected under a Government deriving all its p...
The Government of His Most Faithful Majesty since the termination of the last session of Congress has been removed from Rio de Janeiro to Li...
Such was the basis of our system as established by the act of 1815 and such its true character.
Peace and amity are preserved with all by a strict observance on both sides of the rights of each.