I am constrained, therefore, by a proper sense of my own self-respect
and of the rights secured by the Constitution to the executive branch of
the Government to decline a compliance with your request.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _December 23, 1833_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
The rules and regulations herewith submitted have been prepared by a
board of officers in conformity with an act passed May 19, 1832.[1]
They are approved by me, and in pursuance of the provisions of said act
are now communicated to the House of Representatives for the purpose of
obtaining to them the sanction of Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Footnote 1: An act authorizing the revision and extension of the rules
and regulations of the naval service.]
WASHINGTON, _December 24, 1833_.
_To the Senate_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate as to the
ratification thereof, the following Indian treaties that have been
received since the adjournment of the last session of Congress, viz:
No. 1. Treaty with the Seminole Indians, made May 9, 1832.
No. 2. Treaty with the Cherokees west of the Mississippi, made
14th February, 1833.
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