On the recordJanuary 7, 1861
Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun.
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Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.
I confess I hail this movement on the part of Virginia with great satisfaction.
I submit, therefore, the expediency of the passage of a resolution authorizing the exchange of ratifications at such time as may be convenient, the limitations of the ninth article to the contrary notwithstanding.
The minister of that Republic is disappointed in not having received the copy intended for exchange, and the period will lapse without the possibility of carrying out the provisions of the convention in this respect.