"In answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d of December, 1879, relative to the consulate at Hong Kong, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompan..."
"In reply to a resolution of the Senate of December 3, 1879, requesting the President of the United States to inform the Senate whether payments have been made to the Ute Indians in accordance with the..."
"It is hereby ordered that the following-described country lying within the boundaries of the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, viz: ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlem..."
"The capital of the nation should be relieved from every disadvantage which it is practicable to remove, and should possess every attraction with which it can be invested by the intelligent and fosteri..."
"The people of the country will sustain and approve the efforts of their representatives in the discharge of this responsibility."
"The improvement contemplated is essential to the health of those who reside, whether permanently or temporarily, at the capital, and to the safe and convenient navigation of the waters in its vicinity..."
"The great revival of trade, internal and foreign, will supply during the coming year its own instructions."
"United States notes began to be redeemed in coin."
"The policy of the United States, steadily adhered to from the adoption of the Constitution, has been to avoid the creation of a national debt."
"I earnestly appeal to the intelligence and patriotism of all good citizens of every part of the country."
"It is my firm conviction that the issue of legal-tender paper money based wholly upon the authority and credit of the Government, except in extreme emergency, is without warrant in the Constitution an..."
"The retirement from circulation of United States notes with the capacity of legal tender in private contracts is a step to be taken in our progress toward a safe and stable currency."
"I congratulate Congress on the successful execution of the resumption act."
"Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do appoint Thursday, the 27th day of November instant, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer;"
"At no recurrence of the season which the devout habit of a religious people has made the occasion for giving thanks to Almighty God and humbly invoking His continued favor has the material prosperity ..."
"It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the Sioux Indian Reservation in Dakota Territory created by Executive orders dated January 11, March 16, and May 20, 1875, and November 28, 1876, be, and ..."
"In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 28th June, 1879, requesting a copy of any correspondence which may have passed between the Department of State and the Republic of Mexico in regard to th..."
"The law entitles these officers to be paid."
