I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded on the 2d March, 1866, between the United States and the Shawnee tribe of Indians of Kansas.

I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded in this city on the 23d instant (ultimo) between the United States and the following tribes of Indians, viz: The Senecas, the confederated Senecas…

The powers of departmental commanders are hereby delegated to the above-named district commanders.

To pronounce the supreme lawmaking power of an established state illegal is to say that law itself is unlawful.

The history of the world has been written in vain if it does not teach us that unrestrained authority can never be safely trusted in human hands.

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 national existence, with such adaptations as may become necessary, always to be effected, however…

The bill in this respect conflicts, in my judgment, with the Constitution of the United States.

I have carefully examined the bill 'to regulate the tenure of certain civil offices.'

While a just, proper, and watchful jealousy of executive power constantly prevails, as it ought ever to prevail, yet it is equally true that an efficient Executive is an indispensable security for tranquillity at home and peace, honor, and…

All the information I have on the subject convinces me that the masses of the Southern people and those who control their public acts [...] are completely united in the effort to reorganize their society on the basis of peace and to…

This is a bill passed by Congress in time of peace.

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