States, and especially in regard to the plans of Dr. William M. Gwin and
M.F. Maury, and to the action taken by the Government of the United
States to prevent the success of such schemes, I transmit a report from
the Acting Secretary of State and the papers by which it was
accompanied.

ANDREW JOHNSON.



WASHINGTON, _January 5, 1866_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I have received the following preamble and resolution, adopted by the
Senate on the 21st ultimo:

Whereas the Constitution declares that "in all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial by an
impartial jury of the State or district wherein the crime shall have
been committed;" and

Whereas several months have elapsed since Jefferson Davis, late
president of the so-called Confederate States, was captured and confined
for acts notoriously done by him as such, which acts, if duly proved,
render him guilty of treason against the United States and liable to the
penalties thereof; and

Whereas hostilities between the Government of the United States and the
insurgents have ceased, and not one of the latter, so far as is known to