January 06, 1857
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,* in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*Relating to the refusal of the minister to the United States from the Netherlands to testify before the criminal court of the District of Columbia.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203216