Special Message
02/04/1861
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I therefore recommend the reconsideration of the subject.
A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.
The dispatch of Mr. Dallas being in the original, its return to the Department of State is requested.
In compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 17th and 18th February, 1858, requesting information upon the su...