03/19/1820
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"upon the subject of the capture and detention of American fishermen the past season in the Bay of Fundy"
"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."
"It belongs to Congress alone to terminate this distressing incident on just principles, with a view to the highest interests of our Union."
"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 apperta..."