I can not think that a serious objection would anywhere be raised to the receipt and payment of gold and silver in all public transactions were it not from an apprehension that a surplus in the Treasury might withdraw a large portion of it from circulation and lock it up unprofitably in the public vaults.
Third Annual Message
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I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to its ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, signed at Washington on the 29th…
The information called for the reply is in the course of preparation and will be without doubt communicated at the commencement of the next session of Congress.
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 30th December, 1839.
I herewith submit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the documents therein referred to.
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