Millard Fillmore said...

Made by him in connection with Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from the Navy Department

For these reasons I have deemed it proper to submit the whole matter to Congress, for such action as they may deem best.

The delays which have taken place in the negotiation of this treaty have been principally caused by the want of a reside...

It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...