Special Message
02/04/1861
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I certainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Constitution has w...
It has rendered us prosperous in peace and triumphant in war.
My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.
In view of this fact it was deemed preferable to instruct our new minister to negotiate a new treaty which should omit t...