Special Message
01/27/1861
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This bill will open one vast field for speculation.
To this appropriation, for a wise and beneficial object, I have not the least objection.
The immediate peril arises not so much from these causes as from the fact that the incessant and violent agitation of th...
I therefore earnestly recommend that the act referred to be so modified as to empower the Postmaster-General to provide ...