The increase of the sum appropriated in the present bill over that in the bill of the last session, being within a fraction of $20,000, has induced me to examine the question with some attention.
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There is but one mode left of settling the dispute, and that is by submitting it to the arbitration of some friendly and impartial power.
Governments may be, and doubtless often have been, wrong in going to war to enforce claims.
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very serious detriment.
After due deliberation, Congress, on the 2d of June, 1858, authorized the President 'to adopt such measures and use such force as in his judgment may be necessary and advisable' in the premises.
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