"Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, with a view to prevent acts which might injuriously affect the relations existing between the Government of the United States and that of Japan, do hereby call public attention to the aforesaid notificatio..."
"I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to a resolution of the 17th ultimo, calling for information relative to the revolution in Candia, a report of the Secretary of State, with accompa..."
"I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th ultimo, requesting a statement of the amounts charged to the State Department sin..."
"I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War and the accompanying papers"
"It should be remembered, however, that this power is wholly negative and conservative in its character, and was intended to operate as a check upon unconstitutional, hasty, and improvident legislation..."
"Great danger is therefore to be apprehended from an untimely extension of the elective franchise to any new class in our country."
"I yield to no one in attachment to that rule of general suffrage which distinguishes our policy as a nation."
"The exercise of the elective franchise is the highest attribute of an American citizen, and when guided by virtue, intelligence, patriotism, and a proper appreciation of our institutions constitutes t..."
"Nor does it accord with our republican ideas that the principle of self-government should lose its force when applied to the residents of the District merely because their legislators are not, like th..."
"I have the honor to communicate an additional report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery, and arrest of John H. Surratt."
"French vessels entering ports of the United States will be subject to no higher rates of duty on tonnage than are levied upon vessels of the United States in the ports thereof."