Message to Congress
07/16/1862
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He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
I herewith transmit to Congress a report, dated 1st instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary o...