John Tyler actually said...

"Those engaged in it were as little liable to inquiry or interruption as any others."

"The principles laid down in Lord Aberdeen's dispatches and the assurances of indemnity therein held out, although the utmost reliance was placed on the good faith of the British Government, were not r..."

"We chose to make a practical settlement of the question."

"It is left to Congress to consider, under these circumstances, whether, although in strictness salvage may have been lawfully due, it might not yet be wise to make provision to refund it, as a proof o..."