James Buchanan said...

My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.

I therefore earnestly recommend that the act referred to be so modified as to empower the Postmaster-General to provide ...

The lawfulness of the practice rests upon the exigencies of the public service; which require that the movements of the ...

In the meantime, who can foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence?