Special Message
12/22/1842
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I also with equal strength resist the idea that it falls within the Executive competency to decide in controversies of t...
I would suggest the propriety of the passage of such an act without delay.
I shall be permitted to express my great grief at an occurrence which has thus suddenly stricken from my side two gentle...
In compliance with your resolution of the 26th ultimo, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy.