Special Message
01/01/1845
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I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general...
The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the...
By adopting that measure the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right.
For the Executive to assume such a power would be to assume a power of the most dangerous character.