This convention has been ratified by me, agreeably to the Constitution, and will be immediately transmitted to Madrid, where it will doubtless be ratified by Her Majesty.
I have believed it to be an act of justice to Mr. St. Clair to present his name again to the Senate
I communicate to Congress copies of a convention between the United States and His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to t...
to the present and future exigencies of that important arm of national defense
Nor do I claim the right in any manner to supervise or interfere with the person intrusted with such property or treasure, unless he be an o...
Nor do I claim for the Executive any right to the possession or disposition of the public property or treasure or any authority to interfere...
I transmit to the Senate, for their consideration and advice with regard to its ratification, a convention for the settlement of claims betw...
The act thus condemned necessarily implies volition and design in the individual to whom it is imputed, and, being unlawful in its character...
Tested by these principles, the resolution of the Senate is wholly unauthorized by the Constitution, and in derogation of its entire spirit.
With this view, and for the reasons which have been stated, I do hereby solemnly protest against the aforementioned proceedings of the Senat...
Bound to the performance of this duty by the oath I have taken, by the strongest obligations of gratitude to the American people, and by the...