Andrew Johnson actually said...

For these reasons I return the bill to the Senate, in which House it originated, for the further consideration of Congress which the Constit...

The bill, however, would seem to show upon its face that the establishment of peace and good order is not its real object.

Under these circumstances, as a depositary of the executive authority of the nation, I do not feel at liberty to unite with Congress in reve...

I know no other way in which they can be preserved and maintained except by a constant adherence to them through the various vicissitudes of...