Special Message
01/10/1859
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The practice of making such appointments, whether in a vacation or during the session of Congress, has been constantly f...
He was, however, induced by the interposition of Hon. Jefferson Davis and nine other Senators from the seceded and seced...
Their letter to him urging this delay bears date January 15, and was the commencement of a correspondence.
It does not appear to me to be competent for commissioners authorized to ascertain the indemnity for the injury to go be...