Thus believing, it has been my purpose to secure to the whole people and to every member of the Confederacy, by general, salutary, and equal laws alone, the benefit of those republican institutions which it was the end and aim of the Constitution to establish...
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If it should be the pleasure of Congress that the preparatory exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary of the United States should be completed
I transmit the accompanying report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, on the subject of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of Hayti.
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in compliance with their resolution of the 30th January last, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.
The information called for the reply is in the course of preparation and will be without doubt communicated at the commencement of the next session of Congress.
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