Special Message
12/15/1861
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With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, requesting information upon the present condition of...
while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...