Special Message
05/20/1836
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The Government of the United States is ever anxious to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations; but it proceeds on the principle tha...
To be instrumental in terminating the evils of civil war and in substituting in their stead the blessings of peace is a divine privilege.
lead me earnestly to recommend a revision of the laws on this subject
imperatively requires the most ample remedies for their protection