In compliance with a resolution of the Senate respecting the supplies of the Northwestern army, within certain periods therein specified, by contractors, commissaries, and agents, and the expense thereby incurred, I now transmit to them a report from the Secretary of War, which, with the documents accompanying it, will afford the information required.
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The attitude assumed by the State formed a case which was not contemplated by the existing laws of the United States relating to militia services.
The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power.
I transmit to the House of Representatives a further report from the Secretary of State
To remove all doubt on the subject, I submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing a declaratory act to that effect.
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