Special Message
01/18/1853
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To the Senate of the United States:
The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation.
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The brief space which has elapsed since the close of ...
If Congress should be of opinion that the claim is just, every consideration points to the propriety of its prompt recog...