December 12, 1810
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I lay before Congress, and recommend to their early attention, a report of the Secretary of State, from which it will be seen that a very considerable demand beyond the legal appropriations has been incurred. for the support of seamen distressed by seizures, in different parts of Europe, of the vessels to which they belonged.
JAMES MADISON.
James Madison, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204970