It contains a regular, full, and definitive relinquishment on the part of the Creek Nation of the Oconee land.

I have directed the commissioner to whom the charge of adjusting this treaty has been committed to lay before you such papers and documents...

It is therefore agreed between the said parties that in the event of any such obstructions happening it shall be lawful for such persons as---- ----shall designate to introduce into and transport through the territories of the United…

The trade of the Indians is a main mean of their political management.

It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message.

Will such an article be proper?

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:

The ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was received by me last night.

I therefore nominate M, de Poiery to be a captain by brevet.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the Republican model of Government are justly considered... deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and original fountain of all power.

The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered... deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.