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It has been my steadfast object to escape from the sway of momentary passions and to derive a healing policy from the fundamental and unchanging principles of the Constitution.
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He describes his commitment to a policy grounded in the enduring principles of the Constitution rather than fleeting emotions.
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I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents, which embrace all the papers that have been submitted to me relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the States of North Carolina and Louisiana.
Jul 17, 1868
My object in this communication is to suggest certain defects in the Constitution which seem to me to require correction.
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I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Interior, made in reply to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on the 13th instant.
Jul 17, 1868
I would therefore recommend such an amendment of the Constitution as may remove all intermediate agency in the election of the President and Vice-President.
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