"I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus."
"The execution of the laws for the suppression of the African slave trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior."
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital."
"Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed."
"The municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, in this District, having appointed to-morrow, the 28th instant, as a day of thanksgiving, the several Departments will on that occasion be close..."
"Complaint has been made to the President of the United States that certain persons within the State of Virginia, in places occupied by the forces of the United States, claim to be incumbents of civil ..."
"It is therefore ordered, by direction of the President, that if any person shall hereafter attempt within the State of Virginia, under the alleged authority of said Commonwealth, to exercise any offic..."
"Authority to raise a force of State militia, to serve during the war, is granted, by direction of the President, to the governor of Missouri."
"This force is to cooperate with the troops in the service of the United States in repelling the invasion of the State of Missouri and in suppressing rebellion therein."
"It is to be held, in camp and in the field, drilled, disciplined, and governed according to the Regulations of the United States Army and subject to the Articles of War; but it is not to be ordered ou..."
"They shall be considered as disbanded from the service of the United States whenever the President may so direct."
"When officers of the said State forces shall act in conjunction with officers of the United States Army of the same grade, the latter shall command the combined force."