"I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for promotion and appointment in the Army to the several grades annexed to their names, as proposed by the Secretary of War."
"In cases where commissions of the same grade and date interfere a retrospect is to be had to former commissions in actual service at the time of appointment."
"I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, which exhibits certain transfers of appropriations made in the War Department under the authority conferred upon the President of the United Sta..."
"I regret to state the appearance of a different spirit among Her Majesty's subjects in the Canadas."
"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 Treasu..."
"The financial operations of the Government during the present year have, I am happy to say, been very successful."
"It is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered."
"The weight which presses upon a large portion of the people and the States is an enormous debt, foreign and domestic."
"The precautions which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury to protect faithfully the public credit under the fluctuations and contingencies to which our receipts and expenditures are e..."
"The present condition of the defenses of our principal seaports and navy-yards calls for the early and serious attention of Congress"
"Nothing can compensate a people for a dependence upon others for the bread they eat."
"I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity."