Political Quotes

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate at their last session, I herewith transmit the inclosed documents, which contain all the information on the subject of the claim of the heirs of George Galphin within the power of the Executive.

Amid the duties constantly pressing on me, to give the subject that deliberate consideration which its importance demands

I am constrained to retain the bill, without acting definitively thereon

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, for your constitutional action, a report from the War Department, accompanied by a treaty with the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.