January 06, 1858
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 18th of last month, requesting certain information relative to the Territory of Kansas, I transmit a report of the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
James Buchanan, Message to the Senate on Kansas Affairs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202494