Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 83 Madison, James 1751 1836 United States President (1809-1817) State of the Union Addresses Reading ease score: 26.8 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Produced by James Linden. HTML version by Al Haines. "State of the Union Addresses" by James Madison is a historical collection of political speeches delivered by the fourth President of the United States, dating from the early 19th century. The book compiles Madison's addresses delivered during significant periods of American history, particularly during times of war and changing foreign relations, highlighting key issues of governance, foreign policy, and domestic stability. The opening of the collection presents Madison addressing Congress regarding the state of relations between the United States and foreign powers, particularly Britain and France, amidst ongoing conflicts that had implications for American trade and national security. He reflects on diplomatic challenges, including the disavowal of agreements by Britain and the resignation of a minister, while emphasizing the need for military readiness and legislative support to protect the country's interests. Madison outlines the difficulties faced by the U.S. in navigating international relations and stresses the importance of unity among citizens in the face of external aggression, setting the tone for the subsequent discussions in future addresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Presidents -- United States -- Messages United States -- Politics and government -- Sources J Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 164077 164078 2024-10-03T03:33:37.005207 2023-10-03T04:11:38.448646 text/html text/html 161000 2014-11-20T18:59:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 54441 2014-11-20T19:07:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 128539 2024-10-03T03:33:42.987171 application/epub+zip 129671 2024-10-03T03:33:40.084186 application/epub+zip 115555 2024-10-03T03:33:38.901208 application/epub+zip 278156 2024-10-03T03:33:45.154147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270219 2024-10-03T03:33:42.271167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226695 2022-09-03T05:24:40.314983 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154273 154237 2024-10-03T03:33:36.670199 2023-10-03T04:11:38.204668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 154633 2014-11-20T18:59:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53238 2014-11-20T19:07:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19507 2024-10-03T03:33:45.274158 application/rdf+xml 16176 2024-10-03T03:33:39.435187 image/jpeg 4047 2024-10-03T03:33:39.167248 image/jpeg 127760 2024-10-03T03:33:37.020199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia