I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, an explanatory article proposed to be added to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navig...
I now nominate Jeremiah Wadsworth to be a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Cohnawaga Indians.
Herewith I lay before you a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, relative to compensation to the attorneys of the United S...
the right of forming a permanent constitution and State government
admission as a State, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects...
I nominate as commissioners on the part of the United States.
I trust that no part of my conduct has ever indicated a disposition to withhold any information which the Constitution has enjoined upon the...
It is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty.
It is thus that the treaty-making power has been understood by foreign nations.
I have ever entertained but one opinion on this subject; and from the first establishment of the Government to this moment my conduct has ex...
It is a fact declared by the General Convention and universally understood that the Constitution of the United States was the result of a sp...
The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy.
It will also be necessary to provide for the expense to be incurred in executing the twenty-first article of the treaty.
This early communication of the treaty with Spain has become necessary because it is stipulated in the third article that commissioners for ...
This treaty has been ratified by me agreeably to the Constitution.
I send herewith a copy of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation, concluded on the 27th of October last, between the United States...
My sentiments therein expressed I am persuaded will harmonize with yours and with those of all my fellow-citizens.
I send herewith, for the information of Congress, the treaty concluded between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers.