I have been compelled to withhold from it my signature, and it has therefore failed to become a law.
It is obvious that such appropriations involve the sanction of a principle that concedes to the General Government an un...
Had there been incorporated in the bill no provisions for works of a different description, depending on principles whic...
I shall continue to apply my best exertions to their application and enforcement.
With these reasons and considerations I return the bill to the Senate.
I avail myself of this early opportunity to return to the Senate, in which it originated, the bill entitled 'An act prov...
Although the pestilence which had traversed the Old World has entered our limits and extended its ravages over much of o...
Our best wishes on all occasions, our good offices when required, will be afforded to promote the domestic tranquillity ...
I can not too cordially congratulate Congress and my fellow citizens on the near approach of that memorable and happy ev...
From Great Britain I have the satisfaction to inform you that I continue to receive assurances of the most amicable disp...
The relations of our country continue to present the same picture of amicable intercourse that I had the satisfaction to...