Political Quotes

I transmit to the Senate, in further answer to their resolution of the 14th of April last, the accompanying report from the Secretary of State.

I herewith transmit to the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded at Fort Sumner, N. Mex., on the 1st instant, between Lieutenant-General W. T. Sherman and Colonel Samuel F. Tappan, on the part of the United…

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

For these objections, and many others that might be presented, I cannot approve this bill, and therefore return it for the action of Congress required in such cases by the Federal Constitution.