James Monroe said...

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

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

I transmit herewith to Congress copies of letters received at the Department of State from the minister of Great Britain...

It is to mitigate these evils in future wars, and even for the higher purpose of preventing war itself, that the decisio...