Special Message
02/19/1888
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It would only be a manifestation of unjust favoritism.
I am unable to discover why a pension should be granted in this case, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer of the safety of eve...
I believe that if the veterans of the war knew all that was going on in the way of granting pensions by private bills they would be more dis...
I am satisfied that this was a just conclusion.