That .this order be executed with such promptness and dispatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to be und...
A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Major-General N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and General Shields's (late General Lander's) ...
The forces left for the defense of Washington will be placed in command of Brigadier-General James S. Wadsworth, who shall also be military ...
The Army and Navy cooperate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington and the Chesapeake B...
Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of the said army destined to e...
No change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as shall l...
I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty concluded at Paola, Kans., on the 18th day of August.
In the annual message last December I thought fit to say 'the Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.'
The United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid.
In the mere financial or pecuniary view any member of Congress with the census tables and Treasury reports before him can readily see for hi...
I say 'initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all.
I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject.
If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does comm...
War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end.
As the 'journal' is an original document, pertaining to the archives of the Department of State, it is proper, when the Senate shall have ar...
I submit to the Senate, for its consideration, a copy of a message addressed to that body by my immediate predecessor on the 12th February, ...
But while the United States are thus a friend to all other nations, they do not seek to conceal the fact that they cherish especial sentimen...
Such being the general principles which govern the United States in their foreign relations, you may be assured, sir, that in all things thi...
