January 27, 1858
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, requesting information on the subject of contracts made in Europe for inland-passage tickets for intending emigrants to the United States, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan, Message to the Senate on Emigrant Tickets Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202560