Special Message
02/20/1861
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Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun.
The lawfulness of the practice rests upon the exigencies of the public service; which require that the movements of the ...
It affords me great satisfaction to perform this duty.
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very...