Special Message
02/12/1865
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With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...
It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...
The expediency of any legislation on the subject is submitted for your consideration.
while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...