Special Message
01/07/1861
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Their letter to him urging this delay bears date January 15, and was the commencement of a correspondence.
I deemed it a duty to transmit to Congress with my message of the 8th of January the correspondence which occurred in De...
It is my duty at all times to defend and protect the public property within the seceding States so far as this may be pr...
My opinion remains unchanged that justice as well as sound policy requires us still to seek a peaceful solution of the q...