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On the recordMarch 5, 1862
War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Message to Congress Recommending Compensated Emancipation

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Second. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter and by a national salute from every fort and rebel battery that fired upon Fort Sumter.

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I herewith transmit to Congress a report, dated 1st instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary of State in compliance with the requirements of the eighteenth section of the act entitled 'An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States,' approved August 18, 1856.

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