These acts embrace an object of such magnitude, and in their consequences may so deeply affect the peace and welfare of the United States, that I have thought it necessary now to lay them before Congress.
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A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.
Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause.
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