Seeking nothing that is not right and determined to submit to nothing that is wrong

Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives

whether any, and, if any, what, Indian tribes or nations who joined the enemy in the late war with Great Britain continue to receive annuities from the United States under treaties made prior to the war and not renewed since the peace

I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate as to the ratification of the same, a treaty concluded with the Ottawa Indians residing on the Miami of Lake Erie on the 18th instant by the commissioners on the part of the…

I transmit also the journal of proceedings.

There is a part, however, of the letter of the Secretary of War dated December 3, 1832, omitted, which, being conditional in its character, and not relating to the operation of the troops, it is deemed improper in the present state of the…

I transmit also the journal of their proceedings.

No order has been at any time given 'to resist' the constituted authorities of the State of South Carolina within the chartered limits of said State.

No order has at any time been given in any manner inconsistent therewith.

The early communication of this treaty is deemed proper because it will be necessary to provide for the execution of the first article in order that our fellow-citizens may with as little delay as possible obtain the compensation…

This treaty has been ratified by me agreeably to the Constitution, and the ratification will be dispatched to Naples without delay, when there is no doubt it will be ratified by His Sicilian Majesty.

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of State, with a list of appointments made by the Executive since the 13th of April, 1826, from members of Congress during their term of service and for twelve months…

I send likewise a list of similar appointments, also furnished by the Secretary of State and of record in his office, from the 3d of March, 1825, to the 13th of April, 1826.

As but one copy of these acts was sent to me, I am prevented from communicating them by a joint message to the two Houses of Congress.

such portions as have not heretofore been communicated of the instructions given to our ministers in France on the subject of claims for spoliations since September, 1800, and of the correspondence of said ministers with the French…

I respectfully recommend that in the printing, if deemed necessary, such a discrimination be made as to avoid that inconvenience, preferring this course to withholding from the Senate any part of the correspondence.

It is the acknowledged attribute of free institutions that under them the empire of reason and law is substituted for the power of the sword.

I have determined to issue my proclamation of the 10th of December last.