02/13/1869
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"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."
"To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives adopted on the 26th instant, making inquiries r..."
"The usurpation of such power will be treated as a grave military offense."
"The debts of these States, thus legitimately incurred, when accurately ascertained will, it is believed, approximate $100,000,000."