US Presidency
1847

Under the injunction of the Constitution which makes it my duty from time to time to give to Congress information of the state of the Union and to recommend to their consideration such measures as shall be judged necessary and expedient, I respectfully and earnestly invite the action of Congress on the measures herein presented for their consideration. The public good, as well as a sense of my responsibility to our common constituents, in my judgment imperiously demands that I should present them for your enlightened consideration and invoke favorable action upon them before the close of your present session