Those engaged in it were as little liable to inquiry or interruption as any others.
The principles laid down in Lord Aberdeen's dispatches and the assurances of indemnity therein held out, although the utmost reliance was pl...
I can not forego the expression of my regret at the apparent purport of a part of Lord Aberdeen's dispatch to Mr. Fox.
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolutions of the 20th of December and of the 9th instant, the inclosed copies of papers from ...
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to their resolution of the 14th instant.
The proceeding of Captain Jones in taking possession of the town of Monterey, in the possessions of Mexico, was entirely of his own authorit...
For that proceeding he has been recalled, and the letter recalling him will be found among the papers herewith communicated.
The duties which the Constitution and the laws devolve on the President must be performed by him under his official responsibility, and he i...
The proper objects of taxation are peculiarly within the discretion of the Legislature, while it is the duty of the Executive to keep Congre...
The issue of one note in redemption of another is not the payment of a debt.
The public faith in this or in all things else ought to be placed beyond question and beyond contingency.
Any failure in this respect not produced by unforeseen causes could only be regarded by our common constituents as a serious neglect of the ...
To the House of Representatives:In order to enable Congress to approve or disapprove the selection of a site for a Western armory made by th...
To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of ...
Stating that no information is in possession of the Government of any negotiation of a treaty, or of any overtures to treat, for a cession o...
To maintain that the President can exercise no discretion as to the time in which the matters thus collected shall be promulgated or in resp...
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, requesting me to communicate answers to certain queries...
It was stated by him that the nature and subject of the report, in the opinion of the President and the Department, rendered its publication...
