"I regret to be obliged to inform you that no convention for the settlement of the claims of our citizens upon Mexico has yet been ratified by the Government of that country."
"At the time I entered upon my present duties our ordinary disbursements, without including those on account of the public debt, the Post-Office, and the trust funds in charge of the Government, had be..."
"The people of the United States feel, as it is hoped they always will, a warm solicitude for the success of all who are sincerely endeavoring to improve the political condition of mankind."
"I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity."
"Nothing can compensate a people for a dependence upon others for the bread they eat."
"Most of the arguments that dissuade us from employing banks in the custody and disbursement of the public money apply with equal force to the receipt of their notes for public dues."
"The present condition of the defenses of our principal seaports and navy-yards calls for the early and serious attention of Congress"
"It is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered."
"The precautions which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury to protect faithfully the public credit under the fluctuations and contingencies to which our receipts and expenditures are e..."
"The weight which presses upon a large portion of the people and the States is an enormous debt, foreign and domestic."
"I can not think that a serious objection would anywhere be raised to the receipt and payment of gold and silver in all public transactions were it not from an apprehension that a surplus in the Treasu..."
"I regret to state the appearance of a different spirit among Her Majesty's subjects in the Canadas."
"I withheld my approval from the joint resolution."
"and withdrawing the nomination of Commander William D. Salter"
"I nominate him to be a captain in the Navy from the 8th of December, 1838"
"I have received the resolution of the Senate of this day, upon the subject of a communication made to you by the Postmaster-General on the 27th ultimo, and have the satisfaction of laying before the S..."
"I recommend the subject for your favorable consideration."
"I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 26th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with the document therein referred to."
