"I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a letter from the Secretary of State, together with the accompanying papers, relating to a claim preferred to that Department, through the British legation at Washington, for indemnification for losses alleged to have been sustained by the owners o..."
"To the Senate: I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information requested by their resolution of the 9th instant, with the documents which accompany that repor..."
"I deem it proper on this occasion to invite the attention of Congress to the presents which have heretofore been made to our public officers, and which have been deposited under the orders of the Gove..."
"I recommend to Congress to authorize by law that the articles already in the Department of State shall be delivered to the persons to whom they were originally presented, if living, and to the heirs o..."
"To the Senate: I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate as to the ratification thereof, the following Indian treaties that have been received since the adjournment of the last session ..."
"They are approved by me, and in pursuance of the provisions of said act are now communicated to the House of Representatives for the purpose of obtaining to them the sanction of Congress."
"It is believed the plan they have presented meets substantially the objects of the resolution."
"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate at its last session, requesting the President to cause to be prepared and laid before the Senate at the commencement of its next session a plan for equa..."
"I am fully sensible of the importance, as it respects both the harmony and union of the States, of making, as soon as circumstances will allow of it, a proper and final disposition of the whole subjec..."
"I felt myself, therefore, constrained to withhold from it my approval, and now return it to the Senate, in which it originated, with the reasons on which my dissent is founded."
"These ancient compacts are invaluable monuments of an age of virtue, patriotism, and disinterestedness."