Special Message
01/07/1861
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The whole claim of $25,180 was rejected by the Postmaster-General for reasons which it is no part of my present purpose to discuss.
My sole purpose is to afford Congress an opportunity of reconsidering this case on account of its peculiar circumstances.
The enormous difference in their favor between their own original demand and the amount granted by the present bill constitutes my chief obj...
It will be found in all respects similar to the treaty between the United States and Nicaragua now pending in the Senate.