The suspension has not been revoked, and the business of the War Department is conducted by the Secretary ad interim.
There was an interval of a week between that date and the order of suspension, during which two Cabinet meetings were held.
This language is very significant.
You are hereby suspended from office as Secretary of War, and will cease to exercise any and all functions pertaining to the same.
Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say that your resignation as Secretary of War will be accepted.
Mr. Stanton holds the position unwillingly.
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 25th ultimo, a report from the Secretary ...
It can not be legally accepted by the executive government without the advice and consent of the Senate.
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers accompanying it.
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 26th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.
The great interests of the country require immediate relief from these enactments.
The great difference between the two races in physical, mental, and moral characteristics will prevent an amalgamation or fusion of them tog...
The Union and the Constitution are inseparable.
How far the duty of the President 'to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution' requires him to go in opposing an unconstitutional act...
A trust artificially created, not for its own sake, but solely as a means of promoting the general welfare, its influence for good must nece...
It is clear to my apprehension that the States lately in rebellion are still members of the National Union.
To me the process of restoration seems perfectly plain and simple.
On the contrary, candor compels me to declare that at this time there is no Union as our fathers understood the term, and as they meant it t...
