I transmit another report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th of June last, requesting information on the subject of claims of citizens of the United States against foreign governments.
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The safety of the immense amount of public property in this city and that of the archives of the Government, in which all the States, and especially the new States in which the public lands are situated, have a deep interest.
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very serious detriment.
However strong may be my desire to enter into such an agreement, I am convinced that I do not possess the power.
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