James Monroe said...

It is known also that the seizure of no part of our Union could affect so deeply and vitally the immediate interests of ...

Through the whole of this contest the United States have remained neutral, and have fulfilled with the utmost impartiali...

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

When we regard, then, the great length of time which this war has been prosecuted, the complete success which has attend...