James Buchanan said...

There is but one mode left of settling the dispute, and that is by submitting it to the arbitration of some friendly and...

It will be for Congress to consider whether the precedent established by this bill will not in effect annul all restrict...

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

Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.