"I recommend, therefore, the passage of a resolution at the earliest practicable moment extending the time specified in the eighth article of the extradition treaty and in the twelfth article of the postal convention for the exchange of ratifications for sixty days from and after the 11th June next, ..."
"That amendment is of so much importance that the adoption or rejection of it by the Government of Nicaragua should not be left to construction or inference."
"In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, requesting information in regard to the present condition of Mexico, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State..."
"I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the slave trade."
"It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories to the land and naval forces engaged in suppressing an internal rebellion."
"To arrest and imprison disloyal persons, declare martial law, and suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the city of Baltimore or any part of his command, and to exercise and perform all military power,..."
"To assume and exercise control over the police of the city of Baltimore; to supersede and remove the civil police or any part thereof and establish a military police in said city."
"This is understood to be the only information on the subject of the resolution recently received which has not been made public."
"This renders it desirable that the Senate should decide in regard to it as soon as this may be convenient"
"I commend to the particular attention of Congress those parts of it which show that further legislation is desirable for the public welfare in that quarter."
"I transmit a copy of a communication* of the 21st of December last addressed to the Secretary of State by the governor of the Territory of Nevada."