Special Message
03/31/1886
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I can not gather from the facts I have been able to collect concerning this appropriation that it is justified on any gr...
I do not think there should be anything done with this valuable property which will in the least embarrass the Governmen...
I anticipate that better and more uninterrupted commerce, through the plan suggested, between the great West and foreign...
Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behal...