01/18/1853
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"Our naval force afloat during the present year has been actively and usefully employed in giving protection to our widely extended and increasing commerce and interests in the various quarters of the ..."
"It is time that this reproach to our legislation should be removed, and I sincerely hope that the present Congress will not close their labors without adopting efficient means to supply the omissions ..."
"The Government of the United States at all times since its establishment has abstained and has sought to restrain the citizens of the country from entering into controversies between other powers, and..."
"Given under my hand the 22d day of October, A. D. 1851, and the seventy-sixth of the Independence of the United States."