John Tyler: “In answer to your resolution of the 19th December last, I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State and the…”

In view of the magnitude and importance of our national concerns, actual and prospective, in China, I submit to the consideration of Congress the expediency of providing for the preservation and cultivation of the subsisting relations of…

Some action on the part of Congress seems desirable in order to give full effect to these important concessions of the Chinese Government.

With equal, if not greater, propriety might the United States demand of other governments to surrender their numerous and valuable acquisitions.

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of a letter from Mr. Raymond, secretary of legation and charge d'affaires ad interim of the Republic of Texas, in answer to the Senate's resolution of the 16th…