We see, on the contrary, that every corps of the Army and staff was to be reorganized, and most of them reduced in officers and men, and that in arranging the officers from the old...
I transmit to Congress the translation of two letters from the minister of France to the Secretary of State, relating to the claim of the he...
Whether the acquisition of Florida may be considered as affording an inducement to make any change in the position or strength of these work...
It is to mitigate these evils in future wars, and even for the higher purpose of preventing war itself, that the decision was formed to make...
Should another war occur before it is completed, the experience of the last marks in characters too strong to be mistaken its inevitable con...
It is known also that the seizure of no part of our Union could affect so deeply and vitally the immediate interests of so many States and o...
I hereby withdraw all the nominations on which the Senate has not decided until I can make a more full communication and explanation of that...
Having executed the act entitled 'An act to reduce and fix the military peace establishment of the United States' on great consideration and...
I transmit a report from the Secretary of War, together with the annual return of the militia of the United States, and an exhibit of the ar...
Through the whole of this contest the United States have remained neutral, and have fulfilled with the utmost impartiality all the obligatio...
The measure is proposed under a thorough conviction that it is in strict accord with the law of nations, that it is just and right as to the...