Special Message
04/05/1852
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Should the convention receive the approbation of the Senate in its present form, it will be immediately transmitted to S...
For these reasons I have deemed it proper to submit the whole matter to Congress, for such action as they may deem best.
I transmit for the information of Congress the accompanying report from the Department of State on the present state of ...
The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation.