THE

STATESMAN's MANUAL;

CONTAINING THE

ADDRESSES AND MESSAGES

OF THE

||||WIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,

INAUGURAL, ANNUAL, AND SPECIAL,

FROM

1789 TO 1858;

WITH

A MEMOIR OF EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS,

And
A HISTORY OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIONS:
ALSO,
TIREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN POWERS,

constitution of THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATIONs,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

compiled FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES BY
EDWIN WILLIAMS AND BENSON J. LOSSING.

NEW Y O R R.:
EDWARD WAL KER, 1 14 FUL TON STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,

By EDWARD WALKER,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern IDistrict of New York.