Special Message
02/04/1861
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I have no other solicitude upon the subject.
It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...
Entertaining this conviction, I refrained even from sending reenforcements to Major Anderson, who commanded the forts in...
Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun.