Special Message
06/25/1862
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To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.
the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...
Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...
In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...