To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, the report of the commission appointed under the provisions of the act approved M...
It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the State of Colorado, to wit: Commencing at the i...
To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report from the Secretary of ...
I shall issue no new order on the subject at present.
I want you to be perfectly independent of mere influence from any quarter.
Let appointments and removals be made on business principles and according to rules.
The good of the service should be the sole end in view.
It should be conducted on business principles.
Convinced that the people of New York and of the country generally wish the New York custom-house to be administered sol...
I regard it as my plain duty to suspend the officers in question and to make the nominations now before the Senate, in o...
The New York custom-house should be placed on the same footing with the New York post-office.