I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity.
It is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered.
The safety of the mails requires that such prosecutions shall be efficient, and justice to the citizen whose time is req...
The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful.
Nothing can compensate a people for a dependence upon others for the bread they eat.
The precautions which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury to protect faithfully the public credit under...
I withheld my approval from the joint resolution.
I have received the resolution of the Senate of this day, upon the subject of a communication made to you by the Postmas...
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
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 r...
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 26th instant, a report from th...
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, on the subject of the blockades o...
I transmit a report from the War Department in relation to the investigations had by the commissioners under the resolut...
I can not allow myself to doubt that the results anticipated from these representations will be seasonably realized.
But between an effort on the part of Maine to preserve the property in dispute from destruction by intruders and a milit...
The State of Maine had a right to arrest the depredations complained of.
