Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: In pursuance of the law, I now lay before you a statement of the administration of the funds appropriated to certain foreign purposes.
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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.
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
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