James Buchanan actually said...

I deemed it a duty to transmit to Congress with my message of the 8th of January the correspondence which occurred in December last between ...

He was, however, induced by the interposition of Hon. Jefferson Davis and nine other Senators from the seceded and seceding States not to de...

I feel quite confident that Congress will bestow upon these resolutions the careful consideration to which they are eminently entitled.

It affords me great satisfaction to perform this duty.