James Buchanan said...

The immediate peril arises not so much from these causes as from the fact that the incessant and violent agitation of th...

It is now discovered, however, that it will require half a million more for the completion of the Washington Aqueduct.

I therefore earnestly recommend that the act referred to be so modified as to empower the Postmaster-General to provide ...

I certainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Constitution has w...