The treaty has thus become the law of the land by the express advice of the Senate, given in the most solemn manner know...
No application or request has been made to this Government to become a party to this treaty.
The examination or visitation of the merchant vessels of one nation by the cruisers of another for any purposes except t...
It is not to be supposed that excited attention to public and national transactions or general political discussions in ...
I have hitherto flattered myself that the motives which influenced my conduct had been fully appreciated by those who ad...
The treaty has not been communicated to the Government of the United States from any other quarter, in any other manner,...
Desirous of maintaining those principles fully, at the same time that existing obligations should be fulfilled, I have t...
In compliance with your resolution of the 12th of February, 1841, requesting me to communicate to the House of Represent...
Events appear likely to break down and soften this spirit of nonintercourse and to bring China ere long into the relatio...
Considering, therefore, that the United States possesses so large a share of the intercourse with those islands, it is d...
Far remote from the dominions of European powers, its growth and prosperity as an independent state may yet be in a high...
The exports, too, from the United States to China constitute an interesting and growing part of the commerce of the coun...
An Empire supposed to contain 300,000,000 subjects, fertile in various rich products of the earth, not without the knowl...
In reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th December, I transmit herewith the accompanying letter
She has agreed in the treaty with England that correspondence between the agents of the two Governments shall be on equa...
The importations into the United States from China are known to be large, having amounted in some years, as will be seen...
I herewith transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in answer to their res...
I do not deem it consistent with the public interest to make any communication on the subject.
