Special Message
01/25/1832
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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...
imperatively requires the most ample remedies for their protection
lead me earnestly to recommend a revision of the laws on this subject
to render the punishment hereafter more severe for the wanton destruction of the public property