James Monroe: “Such was the basis of our system as established by the act of 1815 and such its true character.”

I transmit to the Senate a convention, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the Republic of Colombia at Bogota on the 10th of December, 1824, together with the documents appertaining to the negotiation of the same…

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

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…