John Tyler: “The respect which I have for the wisdom of the Senate has caused me again, since his rejection, to reconsider his merits…”

The special mission authorized by Congress for this purpose has fully succeeded in the accomplishment so far of the great objects for which it was appointed.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, requesting information upon the subject of embezzlement of public money, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State.

I transmit herewith additional documents having relation to the treaty with China, which may enable the Senate more satisfactorily to act upon it.

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…