Special Message
01/07/1861
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I possess no dispensing power.
I therefore appeal through you to the people of the country to declare in their might that the Union must and shall be p...
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very...
My opinion remains unchanged that justice as well as sound policy requires us still to seek a peaceful solution of the q...