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...
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th u...
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War and the accompanying papers
The exercise of the elective franchise is the highest attribute of an American citizen, and when guided by virtue, intel...
Nor does it accord with our republican ideas that the principle of self-government should lose its force when applied to...
Great danger is therefore to be apprehended from an untimely extension of the elective franchise to any new class in our...
It should be remembered, however, that this power is wholly negative and conservative in its character, and was intended...
I yield to no one in attachment to that rule of general suffrage which distinguishes our policy as a nation.
I have the honor to communicate an additional report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery, and arrest of ...
French vessels entering ports of the United States will be subject to no higher rates of duty on tonnage than are levied...
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, calling for a copy of certain corresponde...