Special Message
02/20/1853
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It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...
In the expression of individual regret at this afflicting event the Executive Departments of the Government will be care...
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to prot...