Special Message
01/07/1861
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the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.
It was impossible that Congress could have had such an intention, and therefore, according to my construction of the cla...
It was wise to make a provision which would enable the President to avoid a total suspension of business in the interval...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, requesting a copy of correspondence between the Dep...