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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It does not appear to me to be competent for commissioners authorized to ascertain the indemnity for the injury to go behind their authority and decide upon the original merits of the claim for which the war was made.
It is my duty at all times to defend and protect the public property within the seceding States so far as this may be practicable.
The principle of the liability of Paraguay having been established by the highest political acts of the United States and that Republic in their sovereign capacity.
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