Special Message
12/13/1865
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To the Senate of the United States:In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 21st of February last, in relation t...
It was to prevent such an appointment that I accepted the office of Secretary of War ad interim.
In reply to your communication, I have deemed it proper, in order to prevent further misunderstanding, to make this simp...
You speak of my letter of the 31st ultimo as a reiteration of the 'many and gross misrepresentations' contained in certa...