Special Message
06/21/1866
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I can not give my assent to a measure which proposes to deprive any person 'restrained of his or her liberty in violatio...
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned author...
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to a resolution of the 9th instant, the accompanying report from t...
No report upon this subject has yet been received by me from the War Department.