Special Message
01/07/1861
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They demand a higher rate of compensation, and unless power is given to the Postmaster-General to accede to this demand ...
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Cap...
The charges made against me in vague and general terms were of such a false and atrocious character that I did not enter...
My prayer to God is that He would preserve the Constitution and the Union throughout all generations.