February 04, 1867
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, requesting the Secretary of State to report what steps have been taken by him to secure to the United States the right to make the necessary surveys for an interoceanic ship canal through the territory of Colombia, I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Andrew Johnson, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202786