It is due to this officer to state that at the period of the passage of the law of December, 1861, he was and still is a...
I have in my possession three valuable swords, formerly the property of General David E. Twiggs, which I now place at th...
If they or any of them shall be by Congress disposed of in reward or compliment of military service, I think General But...
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the ...
I have ordered the other thirty-nine to be executed on Friday, the 19th instant.
Anxious to not act with so much clemency as to encourage another outbreak on the one hand, nor with so much severity as ...
This is as full and complete a response to the resolution as it is in my power to make.
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July last, requesting the communication of co...
I most cordially recommend that Lieutenant-Commander George U. Morris, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of C...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 13th of March last, requesting a copy of the...
I most cordially recommend that Commander John L. Worden, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for t...
The obligation of this Government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault ...
I recommend an appropriation of this sum for the benefit of the owners of the Jules et Marie.
The immense mineral resources of some of those Territories ought to be developed as rapidly as possible.
I deem it my duty to recommend an appropriation in behalf of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold.
Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history.
The struggle has been, of course, contemplated by foreign nations with reference less to its own merits than to its supp...
The treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade has been put into operation with a good prospect of...
