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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 20, 1794

I nominate Thomas Pinckney to be envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Catholic Majesty.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 18, 1794

Nothing can more promote the permanent welfare of the nation and nothing would be more grateful to our constituents.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 18, 1794

Let us unite, therefore, in imploring the Supreme Ruler of Nations to spread his holy protection over these United States.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 18, 1794

To yield to the treasonable fury of so small a portion of the United States would be to violate the fundamental principle of our Constitution, which enjoins that the will of the majority shall prevail.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 18, 1794

Let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the Constitution of the United States.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jun 1, 1794

This intelligence brings a fresh proof of the insufficiency of the existing provisions of the laws toward the effectual cultivation and preservation of peace with our Indian neighbors.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· May 20, 1794

this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwithstanding the endeavors making to avert it, may by circumstances beyond our control be forced upon us

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Apr 15, 1794

I have thought proper to nominate, and do hereby nominate, John Jay as envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Britannic Majesty.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Apr 15, 1794

Peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, is contemplated.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Apr 15, 1794

A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Apr 3, 1794

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning the Algerine mission from our minister at Lisbon and others, and a letter from the minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Secretary of State, with his answer.

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