I feel quite confident that Congress will bestow upon these resolutions the careful consideration to which they are emin...
The amendment does not seem necessary to secure any right either of the United States or of any American citizen claimin...
Nor is it known or believed that there are any claims against the Government of Venezuela having any connection with tha...
I therefore recommend the reconsideration of the subject.
Neither the Government nor the citizens in whose behalf the convention has been concluded have any further claims upon t...
I confess I hail this movement on the part of Virginia with great satisfaction.
However strong may be my desire to enter into such an agreement, I am convinced that I do not possess the power.
It is my duty at all times to defend and protect the public property within the seceding States so far as this may be pr...
I am one of those who will never despair of the Republic.
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
It will be for Congress to consider whether the precedent established by this bill will not in effect annul all restrict...
The increase of the sum appropriated in the present bill over that in the bill of the last session, being within a fract...
I have no other solicitude upon the subject.
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, requesting a copy of correspondence between the Dep...
To the House of Representatives: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a communication from the Secretary ...
The practice of making such appointments, whether in a vacation or during the session of Congress, has been constantly f...
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very...
The power to carry on the business of the Government by means of a provisional appointment when a vacancy occurs is expr...
