To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 25th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it.

I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 26th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

How far the duty of the President 'to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution' requires him to go in opposing an unconstitutional act of Congress is a very serious and important question.

It is clear to my apprehension that the States lately in rebellion are still members of the National Union.

On the contrary, candor compels me to declare that at this time there is no Union as our fathers understood the term, and as they meant it to be understood by us.

The Union and the Constitution are inseparable.

The great interests of the country require immediate relief from these enactments.

A trust artificially created, not for its own sake, but solely as a means of promoting the general welfare, its influence for good must necessarily depend upon the elevated character and true allegiance of the elector.

The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them together in one homogeneous mass.

To me the process of restoration seems perfectly plain and simple.

Business in the South is paralyzed by a sense of general insecurity, by the terror of confiscation, and the dread of Negro supremacy.

Let the within recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior be carried into effect.

Resting and refraining from secular labors on that day, let us reverently and devoutly give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the mercies and blessings with which He has crowned the now closing year.

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

While thus rendering the unanimous and heartfelt tribute of national praise and thanksgiving which is so justly due to Almighty God: let us not fail to implore Him that the same divine protection and care which we have hitherto so…

Especially let us remember that He has covered our land through all its extent with greatly needed and very abundant harvests.

I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that the said words '13th of June, 1855,' are to be regarded as erroneous in the paragraph adverted to, and that the words '2d day of April, 1866,' are to be…