If no such indemnity should be provided, then a palpable and very gross wrong would be inflicted upon the claimants who had not been so fort...
The direction in the joint resolution, therefore, to pay the awards of the commissioners to the amount of $100,000 seemed to me quite object...
I have deemed it respectful and proper to lay before the House of Representatives these reasons for having withheld my approval of the above...
The authority of this Government to direct its application to particular claims is more than questionable.
That system requires that payments under the authority of any Department shall be made upon its requisition, countersigned by the proper Aud...
I send you a copy of a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress expressive of the estimate which they place upon the presents which yo...
I nevertheless felt myself at liberty and deemed it entirely proper to communicate a copy of the resolution to Mr. Washington, as is manifes...
I avail myself of the opportunity afforded in the performance of this pleasing task to tender you assurances of my high respect and esteem.
I transmit herewith to the Senate, for their consideration in reference to its ratification, a convention for the surrender of criminals bet...
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting certain transfers of appropriations which have been made in that...
Confidence between man and man is in a great measure restored and the credit of this Government fully and perfectly reestablished.
I recommend that at your present session you adopt such measures in order to carry into effect the Smithsonian bequest.
I shall be permitted to exchange congratulations with you, gentlemen of the two Houses of Congress, on these auspicious circumstances.
Since the last adjournment of Congress the Executive has relaxed no effort to render indestructible the relations of amity which so happily ...
The occasional interruption experienced by our fellow-citizens engaged in the fisheries on the neighboring coast of Nova Scotia has not fail...
I can not take leave of this painful subject without adverting to the aid rendered upon the occasion by the British authorities at Gibraltar...
It can not be too often repeated that the prominent interest of every important pursuit of life requires for success permanency and stabilit...
I have much pleasure in saying that the Government of Brazil has adjusted the claim upon that Government in the case of the schooner John S....
