Special Message
12/19/1858
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Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.
In compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 17th and 18th February, 1858, requesting information upon the su...
It must be allowed that these precedents, so numerous and so long continued, are entitled to great respect, since we can...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, requesting a copy of correspondence between the Dep...