Special Message
12/11/1867
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I confidently believe that a time will come when these States will again occupy their true positions in the Union.
I have considered the bill entitled 'An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to provide for the more efficient government of the reb...
No consideration could induce me to give my approval to such an election law for any purpose, and especially for the great purpose of framin...
A military republic, a government rounded on mock elections and supported only by the sword, was nearly a quarter of a century since pronoun...