Millard Fillmore actually said...

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

"I do further command that the district attorney of the United States and all other persons concerned in the administration or execution of the laws of the United States cause the foregoing offenders a..."

"Hon. HOWELL COBB, Speaker of the House of Representatives:"

"I call upon every officer of this Government, civil or military, to use all efforts in his power to arrest for trial and punishment every such offender against the laws of the country."