I regret deeply, however, to be obliged to inform you that this has not been the case.

Though the anticipations of an abundant harvest have not everywhere been realized, yet on the whole the labors of the husbandman are rewarded with a bountiful return.

I can not be mistaken, I am confident, in counting on the cordial and general concurrence of our fellow-citizens in this sentiment.

It was reserved for the American Union to test the advantages of a government entirely dependent on the continual exercise of the popular will.

I had hoped that the respect for the laws and regard for the peace and honor of their own country which have ever characterized the citizens of the United States would have prevented any portion of them from using any means to promote…

My own will not be withheld.

Upon every officer, civil or military, and upon every citizen, by the veneration due by all freemen to the laws which they have assisted to enact for their own government, to use every effort in his power to arrest for trial and punishment…

I hereby warn all those who have engaged in these criminal enterprises, if persisted in, that, whatever may be the condition to which they may be reduced, they must not expect the interference of this Government in any form on their behalf.

In conformity with the resolution of the Senate, I transmit herewith the report of Major-General Jesup.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, together with the documents therein referred to in answer to their resolution of the 28th of…

In compliance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on the 23d instant in respect to the new Treasury building, I submit the inclosed report from the commissioners charged with a general superintendence of the work, and…

I nominate Lieutenant-Colonel Thayer, of the Corps of Engineers, for the brevet of colonel in the Army, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.