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On the recordJanuary 20, 1859
I still entertain the same opinion, deeming it highly important, if not indispensable to the success of any negotiation which I might institute for this purpose, that the measure should receive the previous sanction of Congress.
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James Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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