John Tyler: “I shall be permitted to exchange congratulations with you, gentlemen of the two Houses of Congress, on these auspicious…”

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.

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…

I did not consider the irregularities into which the surveyor-general had fallen as of sufficient magnitude to induce his dismissal from office at the time that the papers reached me

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