Special Message
02/17/1859
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the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.
The Union is a sacred trust left by our Revolutionary fathers to their descendants, and never did any other people inher...
The practice of making such appointments, whether in a vacation or during the session of Congress, has been constantly f...
If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive d...