Millard Fillmore actually said...

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the U...

Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to protection.

The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation.

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