In his own country and in ours he was the zealous and uniform friend and advocate of rational liberty.
In ordering this homage to be paid to the memory of one so eminent in the field, so wise in council, so endeared in private life, and so wel...
I transmit to the House of Representatives, for their consideration, a memorial from the granddaughters of the Count de Rochambeau, together...
To avoid misrepresentation I herewith transmit a copy of the paper in question, which was the only communication made to Mr. Stevenson on th...
I appointed Mr. Edmund Roberts a special agent of this Government for the purpose of visiting those seas and concluding such commercial conv...
The expenses of the agency have been defrayed out of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse.
This convention has been ratified by me, agreeably to the Constitution, and will be immediately transmitted to Madrid, where it will doubtle...
The reports and papers in relation to these removals are herewith transmitted to the Senate
I have believed it to be an act of justice to Mr. St. Clair to present his name again to the Senate
I communicate to Congress copies of a convention between the United States and His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to t...
to the present and future exigencies of that important arm of national defense
Nor do I claim for the Executive any right to the possession or disposition of the public property or treasure or any authority to interfere...
Nor do I claim the right in any manner to supervise or interfere with the person intrusted with such property or treasure, unless he be an o...
I transmit to the Senate, for their consideration and advice with regard to its ratification, a convention for the settlement of claims betw...
Bound to the performance of this duty by the oath I have taken, by the strongest obligations of gratitude to the American people, and by the...
Tested by these principles, the resolution of the Senate is wholly unauthorized by the Constitution, and in derogation of its entire spirit.
In the history of conquerors and usurpers, never, in the fire of youth, nor in the vigor of manhood, could I find an attraction to lure me f...
With this view, and for the reasons which have been stated, I do hereby solemnly protest against the aforementioned proceedings of the Senat...
