Special Message
02/17/1853
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I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
The consul having evidently acted with good intentions, the claim is submitted for the consideration of Congress.
And I hold this communication to be especially proper to be made immediately by me to the Senate, after what has transpi...
It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...