I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents, which I deem it proper to state are all the papers* that have been submitted to the President relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the States of South Carolina and Arkansas.
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The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned authority.
No report upon this subject has yet been received by me from the War Department.
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.
I have been unable to find in the Constitution of the United States any warrant for the exercise of the authority thus claimed by Congress.
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