John Tyler said...

I have to inform the House that the Executive did not deem it his duty to interfere with the naval and military forces o...

The restrictions laid upon the power to transfer by the latter clauses of the act have rendered its passage of no avail ...

The responsibility of deciding this question is now devolved upon you.

Texas herself wills it; and the Executive of the United States, concurring with her, has seen no sufficient reason to av...