Special Message
01/13/1868
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In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, relating to the report of Mr. Cowdin, I tr...
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers.
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned author...
You say that a performance of the promises alleged to have been made by you to the President 'would have involved a resi...