Special Message
01/10/1859
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My province is to execute and not to make the laws.
It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...
I feel it my duty to communicate to you that it has been found impracticable to conclude a contract for the transportati...
My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.