Special Message
02/04/1861
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I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
It must be allowed that these precedents, so numerous and so long continued, are entitled to great respect, since we can...
I have to state that all the information within my possession or power on these subjects was communicated to the House b...
Neither the Government nor the citizens in whose behalf the convention has been concluded have any further claims upon t...