I yield to no one in attachment to that rule of general suffrage which distinguishes our policy as a nation.

The exercise of the elective franchise is the highest attribute of an American citizen, and when guided by virtue, intelligence, patriotism, and a proper appreciation of our institutions constitutes the true basis of a democratic form of…

It should be remembered, however, that this power is wholly negative and conservative in its character, and was intended to operate as a check upon unconstitutional, hasty, and improvident legislation and as a means of protection against…

Great danger is therefore to be apprehended from an untimely extension of the elective franchise to any new class in our country.

Nor does it accord with our republican ideas that the principle of self-government should lose its force when applied to the residents of the District merely because their legislators are not, like those of the States, responsible through…

I have the honor to communicate an additional report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery, and arrest of John H. Surratt.

French vessels entering ports of the United States will be subject to no higher rates of duty on tonnage than are levied upon vessels of the United States in the ports thereof.

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, calling for a copy of certain correspondence relating to the joint occupancy of the island of San Juan, in Washington Territory, I transmit a report from the…

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of December 4 last, requesting information 'relating to the attempt of Santa Anna and Ortega to organize armed expeditions within the United States for the purpose of…

Now, therefore, these presents do declare that the above-named consular officers are no longer recognized

Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, in relation to the Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company.

I communicate a translation of a letter of the 17th of August last addressed to me by His Majesty Alexander, Emperor of Russia, in reply to the joint resolution of Congress approved on the 16th day of May, 1866, relating to the attempted…

To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of War and the Attorney-General, in compliance with a resolution of the 3d instant, requesting the President to communicate to the House, 'if not in his…

I have the honor to communicate a report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery and arrest of John H. Surratt.

In reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, inquiring if any portion of Mexican territory has been occupied by United States troops, I transmit the accompanying report upon the subject from the Secretary of…

An entire restoration of fraternal feeling must be the earnest wish of every patriotic heart; and we will have accomplished our grandest national achievement when, forgetting the sad events of the past and remembering only their…

The constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.