"Our relations with Spain remain nearly in the state in which they were at the close of the last session."
"In conformity with the appropriations of the last session, treaties have been formed with the Quapaw tribe of Indians, inhabiting the country on the Arkansaw, and the Great and Little Osages north of ..."
"With a view to the security of our inland frontiers, it has been thought expedient to establish strong posts at the mouth of Yellow Stone River and at the Mandan village on the Missouri, and at the mo..."
"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."
"The auspicious circumstances under which you will commence the duties of the present session will lighten the burdens inseparable from the high trust committed to you."
"By extending our Government on the principles of our Constitution over the vast territory within our limits, on the Lakes and the Mississippi and its numerous streams, new life and vigor are infused i..."
"It is gratifying to know that although the annual expenditure has been increased by the act of the last session of Congress providing for Revolutionary pensions to an amount about equal to the proceed..."
"The receipts into the Treasury during the three first quarters of the year have exceeded $17M."
"If the embarrassments of Spain prevented her from making an indemnity to our citizens for so long a time from her treasury for their losses by spoliation and otherwise, it was always in her power to h..."
"When we view the great blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attentio..."
"The right of self defense never ceases."