Special Message
03/02/1859
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It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...
The increase of the sum appropriated in the present bill over that in the bill of the last session, being within a fract...
I return with my objections to the House, in which it originated.
I confess I hail this movement on the part of Virginia with great satisfaction.