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Jan 7, 1861

I therefore appeal through you to the people of the country to declare in their might that the Union must and shall be preserved by all constitutional means.

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Dec 4, 1860

I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, signed by the plenipotentiaries…

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Jan 7, 1861

In all its various bearings, therefore, I commend the question to Congress as the only human tribunal under Providence possessing the power to meet the existing emergency.

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Dec 2, 1860

the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.

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