Special Message
03/24/1808
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$2,000 were deposited in the hands of the Attorney-General of the United States to pay expenses incident to the prosecut...
The same considerations of expense and importance render this also a question for the special decision of Congress.
The balance of $17,010 remains in the Treasury unexpended.
The care of human life and happiness, not their destruction, is the legitimate responsibility of good government.