Special Message
01/07/1861
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Their letter to him urging this delay bears date January 15, and was the commencement of a correspondence.
I therefore appeal through you to the people of the country to declare in their might that the Union must and shall be p...
I therefore recommend the reconsideration of the subject.
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.