A similar condition exists in regard to the treaty between the United States and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay of the 28th August, 1852.  The Senate, by a resolution of 13th June, 1854, extended the time within which the ratifications of that treaty might be exchanged to thirty months from its date.  That limit, however, has expired, and the exchange has not been effected.

I deem it expedient to direct a renewal of negotiations with the Governments referred to, with a view to secure the exchange of the ratifications of these important conventions.  But as the limit prescribed by the Senate in both cases has passed by, it is necessary that authority be conferred on the Executive for that purpose.

I consequently recommend that the Senate sanction an exchange of the ratifications of the treaties above mentioned at any time which may be deemed expedient by the President within three years from the date of the resolution to that effect.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, August 1, 1856.

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

I communicate to Congress herewith the report of Major W.H.  Emory, United States commissioner, on the survey of the boundary between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, referred to in the accompanying letter of this date from the Secretary of the Interior.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

Washington, August 4, 1856.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I herewith lay before the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House requesting “information in regard to the construction of the Capitol and Post-Office extensions.”

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

August 4, 1856.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I communicate herewith a report of the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to instructions “issued to any military officer in command in Kansas to disperse any unarmed meeting of the people of that Territory, or to prevent by military power any assemblage of the people of that Territory.”

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

WASHINGTON, August 4, 1856.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, requesting a copy of papers touching recent events in the Territory of Washington, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

Washington, August 6, 1856.

To the Senate of the United States: