Veto Message
06/21/1860
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My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.
The Union is a sacred trust left by our Revolutionary fathers to their descendants, and never did any other people inher...
the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.
If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive d...