Andrew Johnson: “I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior, made in reply to the resolution adopted by the House of…”

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.

The foregoing views have long been entertained by me.

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

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