I have ordered the other thirty-nine to be executed on Friday, the 19th instant.

I most cordially recommend that Lieutenant-Commander George U. Morris, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for the determined valor and heroism displayed in his defense of the United States ship of war Cumberland.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July last, requesting the communication of correspondence relating to the arrest of a part of the crew of the brig Sumter at Tangier, Morocco, I herewith transmit a…

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 13th of March last, requesting a copy of the correspondence relative to the attempted seizure of Mr. Fauchet by the commander of the Africa within the waters of…

I most cordially recommend that Commander John L. Worden, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks of Congress for the eminent skill and gallantry exhibited by him in the late remarkable battle between the United States ironclad…

I recommend an appropriation of this sum for the benefit of the owners of the Jules et Marie.

The obligation of this Government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault on the part of the San Jacinto.

The treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade has been put into operation with a good prospect of complete success.

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.

We must think anew, act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves from the past, and then we shall save our country.

The immense mineral resources of some of those Territories ought to be developed as rapidly as possible.

The struggle has been, of course, contemplated by foreign nations with reference less to its own merits than to its supposed and often exaggerated effects and consequences resulting to those nations themselves.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.

Ordered, That no arms ammunition, or munitions of war be cleared or allowed to be exported from the United States until further order

The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer nor the cause they defend be imperiled by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High.

The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.