Its observance will be strictly enforced by all officers, civil, military, and naval in the service of the United States, and the State and municipal authorities are requested to aid in its execution.
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The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?
I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.
I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.
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