February 23, 1857
To the Senate of the United States:
I communicate herewith a report from the Attorney-General, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, asking for correspondence of Samuel D. Lecompte, chief justice of the Territory of Kansas.+
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
+ Explanatory of his judicial conduct in the Territory of Kansas.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203363