But it seems to me the case presented here can not be reached by any theory of pensions which has yet been suggested.

I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 809, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Betsey Mannsfield.'

I am entirely satisfied that this determination was correct.

there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension hereby declared and proclaimed the vessels of any foreign country

I recommend the passage of a law prohibiting such importation, with proper regulations as to the continuance of such prohibition.

The national flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral.

In testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead it is ordered that the executive offices in Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for thirty days.

The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death, at an early hour this morning, at his residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States.

The sole purpose of the provision is to benefit the public service.

the roads have not been built, and yet an attempt is made to claim the lands

to preserve the public domain for settlers and to frustrate unlawful attempts to appropriate the same may not be neglected

the most unblushing frauds upon the Government

I have the honor to transmit herewith and recommend for your constitutional approval a convention signed and concluded in this city on the 12th instant, under my direction, between the United States and China, for the exclusion hereafter…

It would seem advisable that the full text of this treaty should be made public.

I herewith transmit, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by certain correspondence in regard to the Mexican zona libre.

I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty between the United States of America and Zanzibar.

I deem myself now justified in expressing to the Senate, in response to its resolution, the hope and expectation that a treaty will soon be concluded.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State on the subject.