On the recordJanuary 7, 1861
My province is to execute and not to make the laws.
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In the meantime, who can foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence?
To this appropriation, for a wise and beneficial object, I have not the least objection.
In all its various bearings, therefore, I commend the question to Congress as the only human tribunal under Providence possessing the power to meet the existing emergency.