John Tyler actually said...

"It is difficult to say that such vessels can claim any interference of the Government in their behalf, into whosesoever hands they may happen to fall."

"No application or request has been made to this Government to become a party to this treaty."

"In compliance with your resolution of the 12th of February, 1841, requesting me to communicate to the House of Representatives the documents and other information in the possession of the Executive re..."

"The importations into the United States from China are known to be large, having amounted in some years, as will be seen by the annexed tables, to $9,000,000."