James Buchanan said...

It is evident that Congress intended nothing more by this clause than to express a decided opinion that Captain Meigs sh...

There is an enlightened justice, as well as a beautiful symmetry, in every part of the Constitution.

This bill will prove unequal and unjust in its operation, because from its nature it is confined to one class of our peo...

This bill, which proposes to give him land at an almost nominal price out of the property of the Government, will go far...