Special Message
01/29/1861
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In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, requesting a copy of correspondence between the Dep...
I am one of those who will never despair of the Republic.
I deemed it a duty to transmit to Congress with my message of the 8th of January the correspondence which occurred in De...
However strong may be my desire to enter into such an agreement, I am convinced that I do not possess the power.