The United States have no enmities, animosities, or rivalries, and no interests which conflict with the welfare, safety, and rights or inter...
I transmit to Congress a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from the minister resident of the United States at Lisbon, concerning ...
I recommend, therefore, that the Senate consent to the extension of time for ______ days from and after the expiration of the time limited b...
I transmit herewith a communication of the Secretary of War, inclosing a report of the Adjutant-General, in answer to a resolution of the Ho...
I transmit to Congress a translation of an instruction to the minister of His Majesty the King of Italy accredited to this Government, and a...
Considering that the existing circumstances of the country allow a partial restoration of commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of ...
I hereby license and permit such commercial intercourse in all cases within the rules and regulations which have been or may be prescribed b...
WAR DEPARTMENTIt is ordered, first. That a special commission of two persons, one of military rank and the other in civil life, be appointed...
It is hardly necessary to add that the nomination was made without any knowledge of it on his part.
That Major-General John A. Dix, commanding in Baltimore, and the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, of New York, be, and they are hereby, appointed co...
In transmitting to Congress the accompanying copy of two letters, bearing date the 14th of February, 1861, from His Majesty the Major King o...
I transmit to Congress a copy of an instruction from Prince Gortchakoff to Mr. De Stoeckl, the minister of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor ...
By virtue of the act of Congress, takes military possession of all the telegraph lines in the United States.
This possession and control of the telegraph lines is not intended to interfere in any respect with the ordinary affairs of the companies or...
It is recommended to the people of the United States that they assemble in their customary places of meeting for public solemnities on the 2...
It shall forever be honored and respected as the emblem of liberty and union in every land and upon every sea.
That on the 22d day of February, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, immediately after the Farewell Address of George Washington sh...
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the at...
