Andrew Johnson said...

My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction...

The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned author...

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers.

I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus c...