SIR: The circumstances under which we find ourselves at
this place rendering inconvenient the mode heretofore
practised, of making by personal address the first
communications between the Legislative and Executive
branches, I have adopted that by Message, as used on all
subsequent occasions through the session. In doing this I
have had principal regard to the convenience of the
Legislature, to the economy of their time, to their relief
from the embarrassment of immediate answers, on subjects
not yet fully before them, and to the benefits thence
resulting to the public affairs. Trusting that a procedure
founded in these motives will meet their approbation, I beg
leave, through you, sir, to communicate the enclosed
Message, with the documents accompanying it, to the
honorable the Senate, and pray you to accept, for yourself
and them, the homage of my high respect and
consideration.[62]