Special Message
03/25/1844
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It would be criminal in the United States, the first to apply to practical purposes the great power which has been broug...
Relating to slaves committing crimes and escaping from the United States to the British dominions since the ratification...
Relating to the production, growth, and trade in tobacco.
For the Executive to assume such a power would be to assume a power of the most dangerous character.