Special Message
12/11/1867
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Strongly impressed with the truth of these views, I feel called upon by an imperative sense of duty to revive substantia...
The danger of a defeat of the popular choice in an election by the House of Representatives is no greater than in an ele...
The foregoing views have long been entertained by me.
In pursuance of the foregoing order, it is hereby directed that thirty minute guns be fired at each of the navy-yards an...