Political Quotes

I think it my duty to acquiesce therein, and therefore I nominate Alcée La Branche, of Louisiana, to be chargé d'affaires to the Republic of Texas.

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate, a report from the War Department, accompanied by a treaty with the Saganaw tribe of Chippewa Indians.

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