FRANKLIN PIERCE.
[The same message was also addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, April 27, 1834.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit to Congress a copy of a correspondence between the Secretary of State and Her Britannic Majesty's minister accredited to this Government, and between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the expediency of further measures for the safety, health, and comfort of immigrants to the United States by sea. As it is probable that further legislation may be necessary for the purpose of securing those desirable objects, I commend the subject to the consideration of Congress.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 1854.
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit the report[21] of the Secretary of State in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th ultimo.
It is presumed that the omission from the resolution of the usual clause giving the Executive a discretion in its answer was accidental, and as there does not appear to be anything in the accompanying papers which upon public considerations should require them to be withheld, they are communicated accordingly.