Although the pestilence which had traversed the Old World has entered our limits and extended its ravages over much of our land, it has pleased Almighty God to mitigate its severity and lessen the number of its victims compared with those who have fallen in most other countries over which it has spread its terrors.
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To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate, a report from the War Department, accompanied by a treaty with the Saganaw tribe of Chippewa Indians.
to render the punishment hereafter more severe for the wanton destruction of the public property
To be instrumental in terminating the evils of civil war and in substituting in their stead the blessings of peace is a divine privilege.
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