Special Message
12/16/1819
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I now transmit a report from the Secretary or State, containing the information embraced by that resolution.
It is to mitigate these evils in future wars, and even for the higher purpose of preventing war itself, that the decisio...
Congress do not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which contains the information required.