Special Message
12/12/1862
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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it...
The United States, whatever claim or pretense may have existed heretofore, are now, at least, entitled to claim and conc...
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Provost-marshals and marshals of the United States will arrest and commit to military custody all such offenders as shal...