01/01/1845
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"I protest against this whole proceeding of the House of Representatives as ex parte and extrajudicial."
"What may happen to an individual is of little importance, but the Constitution of the country, or any one of its great and clear principles and provisions, is too sacred to be surrendered under any ci..."
"In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of June last, upon the subject of claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of the Mexican Republic, I tran..."
"I therefore nominate John H. Clack to be a captain in the Navy of the United States."