Special Message
01/16/1844
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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 a report of the Secretary of War, prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Represent...
By adopting that measure the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right.
This subject is now submitted for the consideration of the Senate.