Special Message
01/05/1809
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Under a continuance of the belligerent measures which, in defiance of laws which consecrate the rights of neutrals, overspread the ocean wit...
It would have been a source, fellow citizens, of much gratification if our last communications from Europe had enabled me to inform you that...
I now communicate, confidentially, such supplementary portions of the same correspondences as I deem improper for publication, yet necessary...
It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose.