A method which has so approved itself by experimental tests at points where such tests may be fairly considered conclusive should be extended to all subordinate positions under the Government.

by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are and shall be suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels…

Whereas satisfactory evidence has been given to me by the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of China that no discriminating duties of tonnage or imposts are imposed or levied in the ports of that nation upon vessels wholly belonging to…

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed

It is hereby ordered that the following described country, ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for the use and occupancy of said Suppai Indians,

I therefore recommend that on Thursday, the 25th day of November next, the people meet in their respective places of worship to make their acknowledgments to Almighty God for His bounties and His protection and to offer to Him prayers for…

At no period in their history since the United States became a nation has this people had so abundant and so universal reasons for joy and gratitude at the favor of Almighty God or been subject to so profound an obligation to give thanks…

Health, wealth, and prosperity throughout all our borders; peace, honor, and friendship with all the world; firm and faithful adherence by the great body of our population to the principles of liberty and justice which have made our…

The Executive order dated December 5, 1872, creating the “Fort Harney military reservation,” in Oregon, is hereby canceled, and the lands embraced therein and as shown on the accompanying plat are hereby made subject to the Executive order…

The Secretary of the Interior will cause the same to be noted in the General Land Office.

After mature consideration of the bill entitled 'An act regulating the pay and appointment of deputy marshals,' I am constrained to withhold from it my approval, and to return it to the Senate, in which it originated, with my objections to…

We hold it to be an incontrovertible principle that the Government of the United States may, by means of physical force, exercised through its official agents, execute on every foot of American soil the powers and functions that belong to…

It is therefore returned to the Senate, in which it originated, for that further consideration which is contemplated by the Constitution.

It is made a crime punishable with fine or imprisonment to hinder, assault, or otherwise interfere with the marshal or 'his special deputies,' or to threaten or to attempt so to do.

Such special deputy marshals as are specially empowered thereto by the marshal in writing, if forcibly resisted, may call to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus.

The so-called deputy marshals provided for in this bill will have no executive head.

This bill does not connect the new officers with the existing laws relating to special deputy marshals so as to invest the proposed deputy marshals with the same powers, to impose upon them the same duties, and to give them the same…

It is hereby ordered that the following-described country, lying within the boundaries of the Territory of Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement, and set apart for the use and occupancy of said Suppai…