Andrew Johnson: “As a mark of respect for his memory, it is ordered that the Executive Departments be immediately placed in mourning and…”

In further answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th of November, 1867, calling for information in relation to the trial and conviction of American citizens in Great Britain and Ireland for the last two years, I…

Strongly impressed with the truth of these views, I feel called upon by an imperative sense of duty to revive substantially the recommendation so often and so earnestly made by President Jackson.

This event will occasion mourning in the nation for the loss of an eminent citizen and honored public servant.

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