Veto Message
02/23/1859
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I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State and the papers referred to therein, in answer to the resolution of the Senate ...
The death of this distinguished public officer, especially at the present moment, when his eminent services are so much needed, is a great l...
Submitting, as I do, with humble resignation to the will of Divine Providence in this calamitous dispensation, I shall ever cherish his memo...
He was able, honest, and indefatigable in the discharge of his high and responsible duties, whilst his benevolent heart and his kind deportm...