Special Message
01/14/1861
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Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun.
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
In all its various bearings, therefore, I commend the question to Congress as the only human tribunal under Providence p...
If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive d...