Special Message
01/07/1861
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It will be for Congress to consider whether the precedent established by this bill will not in effect annul all restrict...
The peace and order of the city itself and the security of the inauguration of the President elect, were objects of such...
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very...
It must be allowed that these precedents, so numerous and so long continued, are entitled to great respect, since we can...