I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents, which I deem it proper to state are all the papers* that have been submitted to the President relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the States of South Carolina and Arkansas.

The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned authority.

I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject, with its accompanying papers.

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of February, last, calling for the correspondence upon the subject of the murder by the inhabitants of the island of Formosa of the ship's company of the American bark Rover

I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers.

I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to a resolution of the 9th instant, the accompanying report from the Secretary of State.

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, relating to the report of Mr. Cowdin, I transmit a report of the Secretary of State and the document to which it refers.

To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report and accompanying document, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo.

The bill not only prohibits the adjudication by the Supreme Court of cases in which appeals may hereafter be taken, but interdicts its jurisdiction on appeals which have already been made to that high judicial body.

Thus far during the existence of the Government the Supreme Court of the United States has been viewed by the people as the true expounder of their Constitution, and in the most violent party conflicts its judgments and decrees have always been sought and deferred to with confidence and respect.

For these reasons, thus briefly and imperfectly stated, and for others, of which want of time forbids the enumeration, I deem it my duty to withhold my assent from this bill, and to return it for the reconsideration of Congress.