But whether the interest or the honor of the United States requires that they should be made a party to any such struggle, and by inevitable consequence to the war which is waged i...
By no country or persons have these invaluable principles of international law--principles the strict observance of whic...
Though the anticipations of an abundant harvest have not everywhere been realized, yet on the whole the labors of the hu...
I can not be mistaken, I am confident, in counting on the cordial and general concurrence of our fellow-citizens in this...
I had hoped that the respect for the laws and regard for the peace and honor of their own country which have ever charac...
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the con...
I regret deeply, however, to be obliged to inform you that this has not been the case.
The present year closes the first half century of our Federal institutions.
A copy of the proclamation which I have felt it my duty to issue is herewith communicated.
It was reserved for the American Union to test the advantages of a government entirely dependent on the continual exerci...
My own will not be withheld.