Whereas an extraordinary occasion has occurred rendering it necessary and proper that the Senate of the United States shall be convened to receive and act upon such communications as have been or may be made to it on the part of the Executive
Proclamation—Convening a Special Session of the Senate
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Their letter to him urging this delay bears date January 15, and was the commencement of a correspondence.
The minister of that Republic is disappointed in not having received the copy intended for exchange, and the period will lapse without the possibility of carrying out the provisions of the convention in this respect.
The amendment does not seem necessary to secure any right either of the United States or of any American citizen claiming under them.
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