Special Message
01/16/1853
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I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.
It is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages...
To the Senate of the United States
The tone of the letter of instructions from Mr. Manuel Bertran de Lis is somewhat more peremptory than could be wished, ...