Veto Message
06/21/1860
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A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.
After due deliberation, Congress, on the 2d of June, 1858, authorized the President 'to adopt such measures and use such force as in his jud...
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of...
He was, however, induced by the interposition of Hon. Jefferson Davis and nine other Senators from the seceded and seceding States not to de...