Had the minister of Spain offered an unqualified pledge that the treaty should be ratified by his Sovereign on being made acquainted with the explanations which had been given by this Government, there would have been a strong motive for accepting and submitting it to the Senate for their advice and consent, rather than to resort to other measures for redress, however justifiable and proper; but he gives no such pledge.
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I transmit herewith to Congress copies of letters received at the Department of State from the minister of Great Britain on the subject of the duties discriminating between imported rolled and hammered iron.
The attitude assumed by the State formed a case which was not contemplated by the existing laws of the United States relating to militia services.
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with documents, which contains the information requested.
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which contains the information required.
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