Millard Fillmore: “The production of gold in California for the past year seems to promise a large supply of that metal from that quarter…”

The delays which have taken place in the negotiation of this treaty have been principally caused by the want of a resident diplomatic agent of the United States at Berne, and are among the reasons for which an appropriation for a charge'…

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred.

The importance of the measure seemed to require an exposition somewhat in detail of the grounds on which it is recommended.

To the Senate of the United States