On the recordJanuary 27, 1861
It is my duty at all times to defend and protect the public property within the seceding States so far as this may be practicable.
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Feb 7, 1861
Their letter to him urging this delay bears date January 15, and was the commencement of a correspondence.
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He was, however, induced by the interposition of Hon. Jefferson Davis and nine other Senators from the seceded and seceding States not to deliver it on the day appointed.
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Neither the Government nor the citizens in whose behalf the convention has been concluded have any further claims upon the island of Aves.
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I am convinced that it is ours by the treaty fairly and impartially construed.
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