Political Quotes

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

To the House of Representatives: I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying reports, of the persons who were sent to the Isthmus of Chiriqui to make the examinations required by the fifth section of the act making appropriations for the naval service, approved June 22, 1860.

I feel quite confident that Congress will bestow upon these resolutions the careful consideration to which they are eminently entitled.

The increase of the sum appropriated in the present bill over that in the bill of the last session, being within a fraction of $20,000, has induced me to examine the question with some attention.