John Tyler: “I would suggest the propriety of the passage of such an act without delay.”

In answer to your resolution of the 19th December last, I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State and the accompanying documents.

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.

Objects interesting to the United States requiring that the Senate should be in session on Tuesday, the 4th of March next, to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive, your attendance in…

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…