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Excerpt from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789 1897, Vol. 4
State on maine. Resolve relating to the fortification of frontier States.
Resolved, That the obligation of the Federal Government, under the Constitution, when it has the means to erect suitable fortifications for the defense of the frontier of the States, is a practical duty not justly to be denied, evaded, neglected, or delayed.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to use their in?uence to obtain liberal appropriations for the defense of Maine and the Union.
Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit copies of the above report and resolutions to the President and vice-president, the Secretaries of State, Navy, and War, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
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