John Tyler actually said...

"I therefore nominate John H. Clack to be a captain in the Navy of the United States."

"In the present state of the correspondence and of the relations between the two Governments on these important subjects it is not deemed consistent with the public interest to communicate the informat..."

"The business engages earnest attention, and will be made the subject of a full communication to Congress at the earliest practicable period."

"The immediate proximity of Texas to the United States and the consequent facility of intercourse, the nature of its principal agricultural production, and the relations which both countries bear to se..."