Excerpt from The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together With the First Annual of the United States, From 1789-1845; Together With Their Farewell Addresses, and Illustrated With the Portrait of Each of the PresidentThere was reason to hope that the pacific measures adopted with regard to certain hostile tribes of Indians would have relieved the inhabitants of our southern and western frontiers from their depredations; but you will perceive from the information contained in the papers which I shall direct to be laid before you, (comprehend ing a communication from the commonwealth of Vir ginia, ) that we ought to be prepared to afford protection to those parts of the Union, and, if necessary, to punish aggressors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.