It is the duty of all aliens residing in the United States to submit to and obey the laws and respect the authority of the Government.
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Executive Order—In Regard to Behavior of Aliens
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The attention of the proper committee of the House has, I am informed, been already directed to the preparation of a bill for this purpose.
My reason for so doing is that I am informed that this joint resolution was prepared during the last moments of the last session of Congress for the purpose of correcting certain errors of reference in the internal-revenue act which were discovered on an examination of an official copy procured from the State Department a few hours only before the adjournment.
He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.
I transmit herewith the letter of the Secretary of War, with accompanying report of the Adjutant-General, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives dated December 7, 1864.





