Special Message
05/12/1830
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This Union must be preserved.
But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evident.
The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty.
I think it my duty to acquiesce therein, and therefore I nominate Alcée La Branche, of Louisiana, to be chargé d'affaires to the Republic of...