Thomas Jefferson actually said...

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of February 26, I now lay before them such memorials and petitions for the district of Detro...

Although nothing forbids the general matter of these letters from being spoken of without reserve, yet as the publication of papers of this ...

The dangers to our country arising from the contests of other nations and the urgency of making preparation for whatever events might affect...

To secure ourselves by due precautions an augmentation of our military force, as well regular as of volunteer militia, seems to be expedient...