James Monroe: “The contest between Spain and the colonies, according to the most authentic information, is maintained by the latter…”

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information called for by their resolution of the 1st of this month, touching the capture and detention of American fishermen during the last…

The exposure being common to the whole District, the regulation should apply to the whole, to make which Congress alone possesses the adequate power.

Of the right in Congress to promote these great results by the appropriation of the public money, in harmony with the States to be affected by them, having already communicated my sentiments fully and on mature consideration, I deem it…

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.