Special Message
02/25/1853
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It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages of a free people.
Our grateful thanks are due to an all-merciful Providence, not only for staying the pestilence which in different forms has desolated some o...
Legislation should never encourage dishonesty or crime.
In the course of the last summer considerable anxiety was caused for a short time by an official intimation from the Government of Great Bri...