MARCH 22, 1814.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: 

At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions of the 10th instant.[117]

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 117:  Expressing disapprobation of the action of the governor of a sister State in issuing a proclamation ordering a detachment of militia of that State then in the United States service to desert and return to their respective homes, and also expressing disapprobation of the threatened resistance of another State to any action of Congress directing an inquiry by the President into the constitutionality of the act of said governor, and pledging to support the General Government in all lawful and constitutional measures to bring to justice all infractors of the Constitution and laws of the United States and all abettors and aiders of the enemies thereof.]

MARCH 28, 1814.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate a report[118] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 26th instant.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 118:  Transmitting copies of certain commissions granted by Presidents Washington and Madison during the recess of the Senate.]

APRIL 9, 1814.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate a report[119] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 2d instant.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 119:  Transmitting lists of ministers, their secretaries, and consuls appointed by the several Presidents during the recess of the Senate.]

APRIL 16, 1814.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate a report[120] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolutions of the 2d of February and 9th of March.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 120:  Transmitting list of American prisoners sent to England for trial by the British commander in Canada; statement of the grounds on which the British Government refused to deliver up American seamen impressed into the British service, and statement of the conduct of the British Government toward American seamen on board British ships of war.]

APRIL 16, 1814.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[121] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 121:  Transmitting extract of a letter from the United States minister at Paris touching relations with France.]