Special Message
01/27/1861
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The amendment does not seem necessary to secure any right either of the United States or of any American citizen claimin...
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
I certainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Constitution has w...
A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.