Abraham Lincoln actually said...

For obvious reasons connected with our internal affairs, the subject has not sooner been submitted to the Senate.

I recommend, therefore, the passage of a resolution at the earliest practicable moment extending the time specified in the eighth article of...

That amendment is of so much importance that the adoption or rejection of it by the Government of Nicaragua should not be left to constructi...

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, requesting information in regard to the present conditio...