The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful.
I can not think that a serious objection would anywhere be raised to the receipt and payment of gold and silver in all p...
Most of the arguments that dissuade us from employing banks in the custody and disbursement of the public money apply wi...
The weight which presses upon a large portion of the people and the States is an enormous debt, foreign and domestic.
I have heretofore assigned to Congress my reasons for believing that the establishment of an independent National Treasu...
Simplicity and economy in the affairs of state have never failed to chasten and invigorate republican principles, while ...
The safety of the mails requires that such prosecutions shall be efficient, and justice to the citizen whose time is req...
The people of the United States feel, as it is hoped they always will, a warm solicitude for the success of all who are ...
I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity.
The death of the late Sultan has produced no alteration in our relations with Turkey.
At the time I entered upon my present duties our ordinary disbursements, without including those on account of the publi...
The precautions which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury to protect faithfully the public credit under...
The present condition of the defenses of our principal seaports and navy-yards calls for the early and serious attention...
I regret to state the appearance of a different spirit among Her Majesty's subjects in the Canadas.
A just regard to the delicate state of this question and a proper respect for the natural impatience of the State of Mai...
I withheld my approval from the joint resolution.
and withdrawing the nomination of Commander William D. Salter
I nominate him to be a captain in the Navy from the 8th of December, 1838
