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To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st July last, upon the subject of increasing and extending trade and commerce of…
We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, are indispensable.
I invite your attention to the correspondence between Her Britannic Majesty's minister accredited to this Government and the Secretary of State.
If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to discern it.
The revenue from all sources, including loans, for the financial year ending on the 30th of June, 1861, was $86,835,900.27.
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed.
I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus.
I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible.
It is gratifying to know that the expenditures made necessary by the rebellion are not beyond the resources of the loyal people.
Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
A nation which endures factious domestic division is exposed to disrespect abroad.
The execution of the laws for the suppression of the African slave trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
If it were just to suppose, as the insurgents have seemed to assume, that foreign nations in this case, discarding all moral, social, and treaty obligations, would act solely and selfishly for the most speedy restoration of commerce.
The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also.
Labor is prior to and independent of capital.
I venture to hope it will appear that we have practiced prudence and liberality toward foreign powers, averting causes of irritation and with firmness maintaining our own rights and honor.