I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free,
To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State on the subje...
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You ...
The courage with which you in an open field maintained the contest against an intrenched foe and the consummate skill and success with which...
I tender to you, officers and soldiers, the thanks of the nation.
The attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than accident.
The courage with which you, in an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, shows that you possess all the qualities of ...
I transmit a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from Mr. Adams, United States minister at London, and of the correspondence to whi...
The nomination of Captain Glendy is accordingly withdrawn.
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 absent on duty on a f...
I have in my possession three valuable swords, formerly the property of General David E. Twiggs, which I now place at the disposal of Congre...
If they or any of them shall be by Congress disposed of in reward or compliment of military service, I think General Butler is entitled to t...
This is as full and complete a response to the resolution as it is in my power to make.
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 to be real cruelty o...
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Liberia,...
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July last, requesting the communication of correspondence relatin...
I most cordially recommend that Lieutenant-Commander George U. Morris, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for the dete...
