“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
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On the recordJanuary 8, 1865
I transmit to Congress a copy of two treaties between the United States and Belgium, for the extinguishment of the Scheldt dues, etc., concluded on the twentieth of May, 1863, and twentieth of July, 1863, respectively, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Brussels on the twenty-fourth of June last; and I recommend an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions thereof relative to the payment of the proportion of the United States toward the capitalization of the said dues.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois
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