04/04/1860
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"I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated."
"I have no other solicitude upon the subject."
"It will be for Congress to consider whether the precedent established by this bill will not in effect annul all restrictions contained in the mail contracts enabling the Postmaster-General to reduce o..."
"The increase of the sum appropriated in the present bill over that in the bill of the last session, being within a fraction of $20,000, has induced me to examine the question with some attention."