Special Message
01/23/1862
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In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, requesting information upon the present condition of...
The expediency of any legislation on the subject is submitted for your consideration.
He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.