Special Message
02/07/1865
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He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.
It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...
And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.