It was reserved for the American Union to test the advantages of a government entirely dependent on the continual exercise of the popular will.

The deepest recesses of the wilderness have been penetrated; yet instead of the rudeness in the social condition consequent upon such adventures elsewhere, numerous communities have sprung up, already unrivaled in prosperity, general…

My own will not be withheld.

Upon every officer, civil or military, and upon every citizen, by the veneration due by all freemen to the laws which they have assisted to enact for their own government, to use every effort in his power to arrest for trial and punishment…

I hereby warn all those who have engaged in these criminal enterprises, if persisted in, that, whatever may be the condition to which they may be reduced, they must not expect the interference of this Government in any form on their behalf.

In conformity with the resolution of the Senate, I transmit herewith the report of Major-General Jesup.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, together with the documents therein referred to in answer to their resolution of the 28th of…

In compliance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on the 23d instant in respect to the new Treasury building, I submit the inclosed report from the commissioners charged with a general superintendence of the work, and…

I nominate Lieutenant-Colonel Thayer, of the Corps of Engineers, for the brevet of colonel in the Army, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

Such design can not succeed while the two Governments appreciate and confidently rely upon the good faith of each other in the performance of their respective duties.

With a fixed determination to use all the means in my power to put a speedy and satisfactory termination to these border troubles, I have the most confident assurances of the cordial cooperation of the British authorities, at home and in…

Every effort has been and will be made to prevent the success of the design, apparently formed and in the course of execution by Canadians who have found a refuge within the territory, aided by a few reckless persons of our own country, to…

I submit herewith, for consideration and action, a communication from the Secretary of War and the treaty with the Otoe, Missouria, and Omaha Indians therein referred to.

I recommend to the consideration of Congress the expediency of an appropriation for the payment of this claim and of some general provision for the liquidation and payment of others which may be expected to be presented hereafter for…

It is my design to give the requisite authority for that purpose to the charge d'affaires of the United States about to be appointed for Peru, with instructions to stop in Ecuador on his way to Lima as the agent of the United States to…

Desiring in this and in all other instances to act with the most cautious respect to the claims of other branches of the Government, I bring this subject to the notice of the Senate that if it shall be deemed proper to raise any question…

No communication on that subject has been received from either of the other executives mentioned.

I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relating to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly.