Special Message
12/19/1830
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My reasons for this step may be fully understood
I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretations
Amid the duties constantly pressing on me, to give the subject that deliberate consideration which its importance demands
To the House of Representatives: I transmit a letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, accompanied by various documents, in relation to ...