On the recordMarch 1, 1867
I submit to Congress whether this measure is not in its whole character, scope, and object without precedent and without authority.
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Jul 19, 1868
Feeling constrained to withhold my consent, I herewith return the resolution to the Senate, in which House it originated, with a brief statement of the reasons which have induced my action.
Jul 1, 1868
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State of the 2d instant, together with accompanying papers.
Jul 19, 1868
No power exists in the Constitution authorizing the joint resolution or the supposed law--the only difference being that one would be more palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary than the other.
Apr 12, 1868
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of February, last, calling for the correspondence upon the subject of the murder by the inhabitants of the island of Formosa of the ship's company of the American bark Rover
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