James Monroe actually said...

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

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

I transmit a report from the Secretary of War, together with the annual return of the militia of the United States, and an exhibit of the ar...

Through the whole of this contest the United States have remained neutral, and have fulfilled with the utmost impartiality all the obligatio...