James Monroe actually said...

"I transmit to Congress a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing the report of the commissioners appointed in conformity with the provisions of 'An act to authorize the building of light-..."

"A further appropriation will be necessary for carrying it into effect."

"The new Government of Colombia has extended its territories and considerably augmented its strength, and at Buenos Ayres, where civil dissensions had for some time before prevailed, greater harmony an..."

"The laws have had their due operation and effect."