Thomas Jefferson actually said...

I therefore now lay it before both Houses of Congress for the exercise of their constitutional powers as to the means of fulfilling it.

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01/29/1808

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hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives then and there to assemble in Congress, in order to receive such communications...

Whereas great and weighty matters claiming the consideration of the Congress of the United States form an extraordinary occasion for conveni...

Taking no part in the questions which animate these powers against each other, nor permitting themselves to entertain a wish but for the res...

I have thought proper, in pursuance of the authorities specially given by law, to issue this my proclamation.