Excerpt from An Address of Members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, to Their Constituents: On the Subject of the War With Great Britain We are told about the agency of British traders, as to Indian hostilities. It deserves consideration, whether there has been such provident attention, as would hate been proper to remove any cause of complaint, either real or imaginary, which the Indians might alledge. And to secure their friendship. With all the sympathy and anxiety excited by the state ofthat fron tier; important as it may be, to apply adequate means of pro tection, against the Indians, how is its safety ensured by a de claration of war, which adds the British to the number of enemies? As a decent respect to the Opinions of mankind has not induced the two houses of Congress to concur in declaring the reasons, or motives. For their enactinga declaration of war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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