Special Message
02/20/1861
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The power to carry on the business of the Government by means of a provisional appointment when a vacancy occurs is expr...
I certainly had no right to make aggressive war upon any State, and I am perfectly satisfied that the Constitution has w...
I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a convention for the adjustment of claims o...
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of April last, requesting information concerning ...