Special Message
12/29/1821
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I transmit herewith to Congress copies of letters received at the Department of State from the minister of Great Britain...
We see, on the contrary, that every corps of the Army and staff was to be reorganized, and most of them reduced in offic...
This power can be granted only by an amendment to the Constitution and in the mode prescribed by it.
Congress do not possess the power under the Constitution to pass such a law.