Special Message
01/07/1840
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To the House of Representatives of the United States: I communicate to the House of Representatives a report from the Se...
It is understood that their respective examinations will throw new light upon the subject in controversy...
With all the powers of the world our relations are those of honorable peace.
I deem it my duty to lay the proposition before Congress for such disposition as they may think fit to make of it