Special Message
01/07/1861
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My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.
The day of evil may never come unless we shall rashly bring it upon ourselves.
Officers might then be found, instead of performing their appropriate duties, besieging the halls of Congress for the pu...
It should not be forgotten that, in consequence of the diversion of a large part of the letter mail to the overland rout...