To guard against the possible recurrence of any similar act I have thought it indispensable to call out a portion of the militia, to be posted on that frontier.

It was to be apprehended that causes of complaint might arise on the line dividing the United States from Her Britannic Majesty's dominions.

I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution.

I ask such appropriations as the circumstances in which our country is thus unexpectedly placed require.

I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of that body dated the 5th instant.

Every precaution was therefore taken on our part authorized by the existing laws, and as the troops of the Provinces were embodied on the Canadian side it was hoped that no serious violation of the rights of the United States would be…

It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.

The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people.

At every hazard and by every sacrifice this Union must be preserved.

Local interests would still be found there, and unchastened ambition.

This Union must be preserved.

It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.

The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.

There is too much at stake to allow pride or passion to influence your decision.

Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility.

But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evident.

The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.

In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country.