Special Message
02/08/1844
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I have to inform the House that the Executive did not deem it his duty to interfere with the naval and military forces o...
I transmit herewith additional documents having relation to the treaty with China, which may enable the Senate more sati...
By adopting that measure the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right.
I regard the question involved in these proceedings as one of vast magnitude.