02/18/1853
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"Such an act would tend to confirm that friendship which has so long existed between the two nations and to perpetuate it as a blessing to both, and I therefore recommend it to your favorable considera..."
"The peace and security of the inhabitants of the United States in that quarter more efficiently maintained"
"I recommend the legislation which it suggests, in order that the duties and obligations of this Government occasioned thereby may be more effectually discharged"
"I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of State, on the subject of the disorders on the Rio Grande frontier"