Special Message
02/25/1861
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In my former protest, therefore, I truly and emphatically declared that it was made for no reason personal to myself, bu...
If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive d...
Entertaining this conviction, I refrained even from sending reenforcements to Major Anderson, who commanded the forts in...
In the meantime, who can foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence?