Political Quotes

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.

I request their return, and that their contents may not be made public.

Believing that the confidence and union of our fellow-citizens at the present crisis will be still further confirmed by the publication of the letter of Mr. Champagny to General Armstrong and that of Mr. Erskine to the Secretary of State…

These have been much exceeded by the cost of the work done, a fact not known to me till the close of the season.