Thomas Jefferson actually said...

Should any want of power in the court to compel the rendering of testimony obstruct that full and impartial inquiry which alone can establis...

I have thought it would be important to obtain from the Indians such a cession in the neighborhood of these posts as might maintain a militi...

I have thought it best where urged by no peculiar necessity to leave to themselves and to the pressure of their own convenience only to come...

I ask their advice and consent as to its ratification.