James Buchanan actually said...

A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.

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

The principle of the liability of Paraguay having been established by the highest political acts of the United States and that Republic in t...

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