Martin Van Buren: “I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution.”

I transmit a report of the Secretary of State, containing the information asked for by the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, relative to the negroes taken on board the schooner Amistad.

I communicate the report of the Secretary of War, containing the information called for by that resolution as far as it relates to the Department under his charge.

Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate of the United States should be convened on Thursday, the 4th day of March next, you are desired to attend at the Senate Chamber, in the city of Washington, on that day…

A rigid and persevering abstinence from all interference with the domestic and political relations of other States...