Andrew Johnson: “The suspension has not been revoked, and the business of the War Department is conducted by the Secretary ad interim.”

I transmit the accompanying communications from the Secretary of the Interior, together with the papers to which they have reference.

Feeling constrained to withhold my consent, I herewith return the resolution to the Senate, in which House it originated, with a brief statement of the reasons which have induced my action.

The foregoing views have long been entertained by me.

I transmit herewith, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of December last, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant.