June 04, 1858
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, together with the documents by which it is accompanied, as embracing all the information which it is practicable or expedient to communicate in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, on the subject of guano.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan, Message to the Senate on the Protection of Guano Purchases in Peru Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202772