Millard Fillmore said...

This report is accompanied by a copy of the orders of the Navy Department to Commodore McCauley, requested by the resolu...

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

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

The fame of our illustrious statesman belongs to his country, the admiration of it to the world.