The question of the location of the Territorial capital has so occupied the time of the legislature and so distracted an...
The matter is presented for the action of Congress.
The matter is presented for such action as the Congress may deem proper.
The report and accompanying papers are submitted for the information and early attention of Congress.
I transmit herewith, in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of September last, a repo...
The agreement is submitted for the consideration of Congress, as required by law.
It being evident that the minister, Mr. Mizner, had exceeded the bounds of his authority in intervening, I was constrain...
It is confidently believed that the good relations of the two countries will be preserved and that the future will witne...
The Nicaragua Canal project, under the control of our citizens, is making most encouraging progress.
In the tariff act a wrong was done to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
The Conference of Brussels, to devise means for suppressing the slave trade in Africa, afforded an opportunity for a new...
The revenues, amounting to above $450,000,000, have been collected and disbursed without revealing, so far as I can asce...
The closest scrutiny of Congress is invited to all the methods of administration and to every item of expenditure.
The International Marine Conference, which sat at Washington last winter, reached a very gratifying result.
The vast and increasing business of the Government has been transacted by the several Departments during the year with f...
I speak of these matters with freedom because the credit of this good work is not mine, but is shared by the heads of th...
The killing of General Barrundia on board the Pacific mail steamer Acapulco demanded careful inquiry.
The peace of Central America has again been disturbed through a revolutionary change in Salvador.