Special Message
02/08/1844
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No reason is perceived for the discrimination recognized by the existing Law, and none why the provisions of the acts of...
I also with equal strength resist the idea that it falls within the Executive competency to decide in controversies of t...
I shall carry with me into retirement the gratifying reflection that as my sole object throughout has been to advance th...
I have to inform the House that the Executive did not deem it his duty to interfere with the naval and military forces o...