01/23/1879
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"It is impossible for me to look without grave concern upon a state of things which will leave the public service thus unprovided for and the public interests thus unprotected."
"I earnestly urge upon your attention the necessity of making immediate appropriations for the maintenance of the service of the marshals and deputy marshals for the fiscal year which commences to-morr..."
"To establish the principle of this bill is to make a radical, dangerous, and unconstitutional change in the character of our institutions."
"The criminal jurisdiction of the courts of the United States is very extensive."