Special Message
02/26/1843
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For the Executive to assume such a power would be to assume a power of the most dangerous character.
I could not forego the favorable opportunity which has presented itself, growing out of the communication from the Secre...
I transmit a report of the War Department, prepared under a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant.
I will also add that it in no measure detracts from the value of the improvement contemplated in the construction of the...