Andrew Johnson: “This event will occasion mourning in the nation for the loss of an eminent citizen and honored public servant.”

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior, made in reply to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on the 13th instant.

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

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State of the 2d instant, together with accompanying papers.

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