The deepest recesses of the wilderness have been penetrated; yet instead of the rudeness in the social condition consequent upon such adventures elsewhere, numerous communities have sprung up, already unrivaled in prosperity, general…

Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the condition of our country under which you reassemble for the performance of your official duties.

By no country or persons have these invaluable principles of international law--principles the strict observance of which is so indispensable to the preservation of social order in the world--been more earnestly cherished or sacredly…

The close bonds of social intercourse have in no instance prevailed with such harmony over a space so vast.

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

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

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…

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.

A copy of the proclamation which I have felt it my duty to issue is herewith communicated.

The present year closes the first half century of our Federal institutions.

My own will not be withheld.