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 which is so indispensabl...
Though the anticipations of an abundant harvest have not everywhere been realized, yet on the whole the labors of the husbandman are rewarde...
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...
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the condition of our countr...
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 exercise of the popular wi...
My own will not be withheld.