Special Message
04/04/1860
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The day of evil may never come unless we shall rashly bring it upon ourselves.
In all its various bearings, therefore, I commend the question to Congress as the only human tribunal under Providence p...
The Union is a sacred trust left by our Revolutionary fathers to their descendants, and never did any other people inher...
It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...