Martin Van Buren actually said...

The present condition of the defenses of our principal seaports and navy-yards calls for the early and serious attention of Congress

The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful.

Most of the arguments that dissuade us from employing banks in the custody and disbursement of the public money apply with equal force to th...

I have heretofore assigned to Congress my reasons for believing that the establishment of an independent National Treasury, as contemplated ...