James Buchanan said...

It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...

Officers might then be found, instead of performing their appropriate duties, besieging the halls of Congress for the pu...

The Union is a sacred trust left by our Revolutionary fathers to their descendants, and never did any other people inher...

It should not be forgotten that, in consequence of the diversion of a large part of the letter mail to the overland rout...