an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 26th day of June ins...
It was impossible that Congress could have had such an intention, and therefore, according to my construction of the cla...
It is evident that Congress intended nothing more by this clause than to express a decided opinion that Captain Meigs sh...
If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive d...
Officers might then be found, instead of performing their appropriate duties, besieging the halls of Congress for the pu...
To this appropriation, for a wise and beneficial object, I have not the least objection.
I therefore earnestly recommend that the act referred to be so modified as to empower the Postmaster-General to provide ...
It should not be forgotten that, in consequence of the diversion of a large part of the letter mail to the overland rout...
I feel it my duty to communicate to you that it has been found impracticable to conclude a contract for the transportati...
They demand a higher rate of compensation, and unless power is given to the Postmaster-General to accede to this demand ...
The Postmaster-General has offered the California mails to the several companies and shipowners engaged in the trade wit...