"I can not too strongly urge upon Congress the necessity of giving this subject immediate and favorable consideration and of making adequate appropriations to carry the recommendations into effect;"
"The delegates of the seventeen neighboring Republics, which have so recently been assembled in Washington at the invitation of this Government, have expressed their wish and purpose to cooperate with ..."
"These papers present a full and clear statement of the matters of fact and questions of law which Congress will need to consider in passing upon the question of the ratification of the agreement, whic..."
"The United States owes a duty to Mexico to confirm to her citizens those valid grants that were saved by the treaty, and the long delay which has attended the discharge of this duty has given just cau..."
"No greater incubus can rest upon the energies of a people in the development of a new country than that resulting from unsettled land titles."
"The necessity for legislation is so evident and so urgent that I venture to express the hope that relief will be given at the present session of Congress."
"To the Senate of the United States:In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith the bill (S. 145) \for the relief of the..."
"In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, the Senate concurring, I return herewith the bill (H. R. 5702) \granting a pension to Ann Bryan.\"
"The bill does not submit the question of granting this aid to a vote of the people of the county, but confers direct authority upon the supervisors to issue the bonds."
"I do not think so."
"This great area is to be taxed to construct a road which can, in the nature of things, be of advantage to but a fraction of it."
"I have carefully examined the reports of the committees and every argument that has been submitted to me by the friends of the bill, but I can not bring myself to believe that the permanent welfare of..."
