James Buchanan actually said...

To this appropriation, for a wise and beneficial object, I have not the least objection.

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

It was impossible that Congress could have had such an intention, and therefore, according to my construction of the clause in question, it ...

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of...