John Tyler: “We deny the right of any such interpolation to any one or all the nations of the earth without our consent.”

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

Some action on the part of Congress seems desirable in order to give full effect to these important concessions of the Chinese Government.

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 herewith transmit to the House of Representatives, in reply to their resolution of the 14th of June last, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.