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Millard Fillmore: I therefore exhort all well-disposed citizens who have at heart the reputation of their country and are animated with a…

On the recordOctober 21, 1851
I therefore exhort all well-disposed citizens who have at heart the reputation of their country and are animated with a just regard for its laws, its peace, and its welfare to discountenance and by all lawful means prevent any such enterprise;
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

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Proclamation 58—Warning to United States Citizens Against Participating in an Unlawful Invasion of Mexico

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