On the recordAugust 10, 1842
I have the satisfaction to communicate to the Senate the results of the negotiations recently had in this city with the British minister, special and extraordinary.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI have the satisfaction to communicate to the Senate the results of the negotiations recently had in this city with the British minister, special and extraordinary.
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I feel it to be my duty to communicate, for your consideration, the rejected treaty.
In compliance with your resolution of the 26th ultimo, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy.
The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the part of the Zollverein, but from a belief that it would not fully comport with its dignity to do so.
The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.