James Monroe actually said...

To do justice to the subject it is thought proper to show the actual state of the Army before the passage of the late act, the force in serv...

Having already suggested my impression that in filling offices newly created, to which on no principle whatever anyone could have a claim of...

I am aware that many officers of great merit, having the strongest claims on their country, have been reduced and others dismissed, but unde...

To discriminate between men of acknowledged merit, especially in a way to affect so sensibly and materially their feelings and interests, fo...