I transmit to Congress translations of two letters from Don Joaquin d'Anduaga to the Secretary of State, which have been...
The Secretary of State, one of the ministers referred to, has already expressed a desire that Mr. Russell's letter shoul...
I have to state that having referred the resolution to the Secretary of State, and it appearing, by a report from him, t...
I am of opinion that Congress do not possess this power; that the States individually cannot grant it.
According to my judgment it cannot be derived from either of those powers, nor from all of them united, and in consequen...
Congress do not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.
On full consideration of the subject I have thought it would be improper for the Executive to communicate the letter cal...
A power to establish turnpikes with gates and tolls, and to enforce the collection of tolls by penalties, implies a powe...
On the perusal of the document called for I find that it communicates a difference of opinion between Mr. Russell and a ...
This power can be granted only by an amendment to the Constitution and in the mode prescribed by it.
I transmit herewith to Congress copies of letters received at the Department of State from the minister of Great Britain...
I recommend them particularly to the consideration of Congress, believing that although there may be ground for controve...
I communicate to them herewith copies of the communications received from the Norwegian Government in relation to the su...
requesting to be furnished with a copy of the judicial proceedings in the United States court for the district of Louisi...
To the House of Representatives: I communicate to the House of Representatives copies of sundry papers having relation t...
I now transmit a report from the Secretary or State, containing the information embraced by that resolution.
I am aware that many officers of great merit, having the strongest claims on their country, have been reduced and others...
It is on the authority of these examples, supported by the construction which I gave to the law, that I have acted in th...
