Special Message
07/26/1852
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Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to protection.
The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation.
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...
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The brief space which has elapsed since the close of your last session ha...