Special Message
01/27/1861
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In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, requesting a copy of correspondence between the Dep...
Under its shadow American citizens have found protection and respect in all lands beneath the sun.
A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.
It must be allowed that these precedents, so numerous and so long continued, are entitled to great respect, since we can...