Special Message
03/30/1862
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to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for His mercy.
Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God.
Public safety requires strict enforcement of this article.
It was my intention, as shown by my letter of June 20, 1861, to appoint Hon. James H. Lane, of Kansas, a brigadier-general of United States ...