I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject.
In the mere financial or pecuniary view any member of Congress with the census tables and Treasury reports before him ca...
The United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State...
If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end;...
I say 'initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all.
As the 'journal' is an original document, pertaining to the archives of the Department of State, it is proper, when the ...
I submit to the Senate, for its consideration, a copy of a message addressed to that body by my immediate predecessor on...
Such being the general principles which govern the United States in their foreign relations, you may be assured, sir, th...
But while the United States are thus a friend to all other nations, they do not seek to conceal the fact that they cheri...
The United States have no enmities, animosities, or rivalries, and no interests which conflict with the welfare, safety,...
I transmit to Congress a translation of an instruction to the minister of His Majesty the King of Italy accredited to th...
I transmit herewith a communication of the Secretary of War, inclosing a report of the Adjutant-General, in answer to a ...
I recommend, therefore, that the Senate consent to the extension of time for ______ days from and after the expiration o...
I transmit to Congress a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from the minister resident of the United States at...
I hereby license and permit such commercial intercourse in all cases within the rules and regulations which have been or...
Considering that the existing circumstances of the country allow a partial restoration of commercial intercourse between...
That Major-General John A. Dix, commanding in Baltimore, and the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, of New York, be, and they are ...
It is hardly necessary to add that the nomination was made without any knowledge of it on his part.