Special Message
01/07/1861
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Entertaining this conviction, I refrained even from sending reenforcements to Major Anderson, who commanded the forts in...
The immediate peril arises not so much from these causes as from the fact that the incessant and violent agitation of th...
The lawfulness of the practice rests upon the exigencies of the public service; which require that the movements of the ...
My opinion remains unchanged that justice as well as sound policy requires us still to seek a peaceful solution of the q...