"I now lay before Congress the annual account of the fund established for defraying the contingent charges of Government."
"A single article of $1,440, paid for bringing home 72 seamen discharged in foreign ports from vessels sold abroad, is the only expenditure from that fund."
"I inclose a report of the Secretary of War, stating the trading houses established in the Indian territories."
"Indeed, it would be the most proper and acceptable form in which the annuity could be paid which we propose to give them for the cession."
"For these purposes a small appropriation would be necessary to meet the first expenses, after which they should support themselves and repay those advances."
"These springs are said to possess the advantage of being accompanied with a bed of coal."
"In leading them thus to agriculture, to manufactures, and civilization; in bringing together their and our sentiments, and in preparing them ultimately to participate in the benefits of our Government..."
"We consequently undersell private traders, foreign and domestic, drive them from the competition, and thus, with the good will of the Indians, rid ourselves of a description of men who are constantly ..."
"In the strengthening and gratifying of these wants I see the only prospect of planting on the Mississippi itself the means of its own safety."
"Duty has required me to submit these views to the judgment of the Legislature, but as their disclosure might embarrass and defeat their effect, they are committed to the special confidence of the two ..."
"The spoliations and irregularities committed on our commerce during the late war by subjects of Spain or by others deemed within her responsibility having called for attention."
"The Spanish Government listened to our proposition with an honorable readiness and agreed to a convention, which I now submit for your advice and consent."