To motives of interest this Government has invariably disclaimed all pretension, being resolved to take no part in the controversy or other measure in regard to it which should not merit the sanction of the civilized world.
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I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with documents, which contains the information requested.
upon the subject of the capture and detention of American fishermen the past season in the Bay of Fundy
To remove all doubt on the subject, I submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing a declaratory act to that effect.
I have to state that having referred the resolution to the Secretary of State, and it appearing, by a report from him, that no such document had been deposited among the archives of the Department, I examined and found among my private…
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