"The expediency of authorizing other proceedings in case they should ultimately prove to be indispensable is submitted to your consideration."
"I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, and the Attorney-General, together with a copy of the amnesty proclamation of the 29th of ..."
"In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th instant, requesting information in regard to the rebel debt known as the cotton loan, I transmit a report from the Secretary of ..."
"I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention which was signed at Tangier on the 31st of May last between the United States and other powers on the one part..."
"In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, requesting information in regard to the rights and interests of American citizens in the fishing grounds adjacent to th..."
"In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, in relation to the seizure and detention at New York of the steamship Meteor, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of Sta..."
"That in appointments to office in the several Executive Departments of the General Government and the various branches of the public service connected with said Departments preference shall be given t..."
"To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate a memorial of the legislature of Alabama, asking an extension of time for the completion of certain railroads in said State."
"In answer to the resolutions of the Senate of the 5th of January and 27th of February last, requesting information in regard to provisional governors of States, I transmit reports from the Secretary o..."
"I was always punctual to my customers and did good work."
"Honest conviction is my courage. The Constitution is my guide."