February 03, 1846
To the Senate of the United States:
I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration in reference to its ratification, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and Belgium, concluded and signed on the 10th November last at Brussels by the charge' d'affaires of the United States with the minister of foreign affairs of His Majesty the King of the Belgians.
And I communicate at the same time the correspondence and other papers in explanation of the treaty.
JAMES K. POLK.
James K. Polk, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/200722