James Buchanan actually said...

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

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

The Postmaster-General has offered the California mails to the several companies and shipowners engaged in the trade with the Pacific via th...

They demand a higher rate of compensation, and unless power is given to the Postmaster-General to accede to this demand I am well satisfied ...