Special Message
02/20/1861
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I am convinced that it is ours by the treaty fairly and impartially construed.
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
The dispatch of Mr. Dallas being in the original, its return to the Department of State is requested.
Neither the Government nor the citizens in whose behalf the convention has been concluded have any further claims upon t...