Rutherford B. Hayes: “The true rule as to the employment of military force at the elections is not doubtful.”

I can not but regard the fifth section of the bill as a step in the direction of the destruction of the national banking system.

To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith to the Senate a letter from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to the recent effort of the Government of the United States to bring about peace between Chile…

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate, two treaties* signed at Peking on the 17th of November, 1880, by the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States and China, respectively.

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State upon the subjects embraced in that resolution so far as they touch the Department of State.