I felt it incumbent on me to urge upon Congress to raise the duties accordingly, imposing them in a spirit of a wise dis...
Surely if the pause for reflection intended by the wise authors of the Constitution by referring the subject back to Con...
The exercise of some independence of judgment in regard to all acts of legislation is plainly implied in the responsibil...
I most respectfully submit whether this is a time to give away the proceeds of the land sales when the public lands cons...
I did not think that I could stand excused, much less justified, before the people of the United States, nor could I rec...
After all, the effect of what I do is substantially to call on Congress to reconsider the subject.
This is a species of constraint to which the judgment of the Executive ought not, in my opinion, to be subjected.
I shall cheerfully acquiesce in the result.
Nothing can be more painful to any individual called upon to perform the Chief Executive duties under our limited Consti...
I can not consent to do so at the sacrifice of the peace and harmony of the country and the clearest convictions of publ...
The Executive has no complaint to make against the conduct or decisions of the highly respectable person appointed by hi...
My last communication to Congress relating to that Republic was my message of the 30th of March last, suggesting the exp...
I shall abstain, as I have done hitherto, from recommending any specific measures which might be suggested by an examina...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, calling for the recent correspondence between the R...
I herewith transmit to the Senate a report
I transmit to the Senate, for the exercise of its constitutional power, a treaty lately concluded at the Indian Springs.
To remove all doubt on the subject, I submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing a declaratory act...
upon the subject of the capture and detention of American fishermen the past season in the Bay of Fundy
