Message to Congress on Affairs in Utah
06/09/1858
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They demand a higher rate of compensation, and unless power is given to the Postmaster-General to accede to this demand ...
My province is to execute and not to make the laws.
The day of evil may never come unless we shall rashly bring it upon ourselves.
It is now discovered, however, that it will require half a million more for the completion of the Washington Aqueduct.