James Buchanan actually said...

In my late annual message I stated in reference to the purchase of Cuba that 'the publicity which has been given to our former negotiations ...

The magnitude of the work has prevented the preparation of another copy.

I herewith transmit to the Senate a digest of the statistics of manufactures according to the returns of the Seventh Census, prepared under ...

I still entertain the same opinion, deeming it highly important, if not indispensable to the success of any negotiation which I might instit...