I regret to be obliged to inform you that no convention for the settlement of the claims of our citizens upon Mexico has yet been ratified b...
I can not think that a serious objection would anywhere be raised to the receipt and payment of gold and silver in all public transactions w...
At the time I entered upon my present duties our ordinary disbursements, without including those on account of the public debt, the Post-Off...
The people of the United States feel, as it is hoped they always will, a warm solicitude for the success of all who are sincerely endeavorin...
It is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered.
The precautions which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury to protect faithfully the public credit under the fluctuations an...
The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful.
The weight which presses upon a large portion of the people and the States is an enormous debt, foreign and domestic.
Most of the arguments that dissuade us from employing banks in the custody and disbursement of the public money apply with equal force to th...
The death of the late Sultan has produced no alteration in our relations with Turkey.
I withheld my approval from the joint resolution.
I nominate him to be a captain in the Navy from the 8th of December, 1838
I have received the resolution of the Senate of this day, upon the subject of a communication made to you by the Postmaster-General on the 2...
and withdrawing the nomination of Commander William D. Salter
I recommend the subject for your favorable consideration.
In further compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th of January last, I communicate a report from the Secre...
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 26th instant, a report from the Secretary of State...
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, on the subject of the blockades of the Mexican coast ...
