Excerpt from Message From the President of the United States, to Both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirteenth Congress: December 7, 1813<br><br>To this determination, the best encouragement is derived from the success with which it has pleas ed the Almighty to bless our arms, both on the land and on the water.<br><br>Whilst proofs have been continued of the enter prize and skill of our cruisers public and private, on the ocean, and a new trophy gained m the capture of a British by an American vessel of war after an action giving celebrity to the name of the victorious commander, the great inland waters, on. Which the enemy were also to be encountered, have presented achievements of our naval arms, as brilliant in their character as they have been im portant in their consequences.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.