Therefore I urgently recommend such legislation as in the judgment of
Congress shall effectually secure life, liberty, and property and the
enforcement of law in all parts of the United States.
It may be expedient to provide that such law as shall be passed in
pursuance of this recommendation shall expire at the end of the next
session of Congress.
There is no other subject upon which I would recommend legislation
during the present session.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, _March 28, 1871_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, I
transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the papers[44] which
accompanied it.
U.S. GRANT.
[Footnote 44: Reports, communications, etc., relative to the
International Statistical Congress held at The Hague in 1869.]
WASHINGTON, _March 30, 1871_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I transmit, for consideration with a view to its ratification, a treaty
of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Kingdom of
Italy, signed at Florence on the 26th of last month.
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 31, 1871_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
In answer to your resolution of the 17th instant, requesting, "if not
incompatible with the public service, the report recently made by a
board of officers of the Engineer Department on the condition of the
Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss.
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