It therefore becomes my duty to bring the subject to the serious consideration of Congress.
I have determined to issue my proclamation of the 10th of December last.
It is the acknowledged attribute of free institutions that under them the empire of reason and law is substituted for th...
I also transmit the journal of the commissioners who negotiated these treaties.
I transmit herewith to the Senate, for their advice and consent as to the ratification of the same, treaties that have b...
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, containing the information required.
I transmit herewith, for the consideration and advice of the Senate as to their ratification, treaties that have been co...
I lay before the Senate, for its consideration and advice, a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States of A...
I have been compelled to withhold from it my signature, and it has therefore failed to become a law.
It is obvious that such appropriations involve the sanction of a principle that concedes to the General Government an un...
Had there been incorporated in the bill no provisions for works of a different description, depending on principles whic...
I avail myself of this early opportunity to return to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled 'An act prov...
In thus employing my best faculties to exercise the power with which I am invested to avoid evils and to effect the grea...
I shall continue to apply my best exertions to their application and enforcement.
With these reasons and considerations I return the bill to the Senate.
It gives me pleasure to congratulate you upon your return to the seat of Government for the purpose of discharging your ...
This campaign has evinced the efficient organization of the Army and its capacity for prompt and active service.
Our best wishes on all occasions, our good offices when required, will be afforded to promote the domestic tranquillity ...
