Of that sum $1,987.50 have been necessarily applied to the support of the Territorial governments of Michigan and Louisiana until an opportunity could occur of making a specific ap...
The balance of remains in the Treasury.
We have no letter from Mr. Lear respecting Tripoline affairs of later date than that of July 5, which was transmitted to the Senate with the...
We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable.
In all these cases the purity and patriotism of the motives should shield the agent from blame, and even secure a sanction where the error i...
Being mostly originals or sole copies, a return of them is requested at the convenience of the Senate.
A nation by establishing a character of liberality and magnanimity gains in the friendship and respect of others more than the worth of mere...
Our expectation was that an intercourse should be kept up between the ex-Bashaw and the commodore.
I now communicate to the House of Representatives all the information which the executive offices furnish on the subject of their resolution...
The governor and presiding judge of the Territory of Michigan have made a report to me of the state of that Territory, several matters in wh...
I now lay before the Senate the several treaties and conventions following, which have been entered into on the part of the United States si...