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been allowed ling since, and the virtuous and faithful soldier who has paid back his wages in his taxes would have been indemnified. But let it be remembered that the acts of the Executive, as an official agent, cannot in policy or equity affect the claim of the citizen who obeys a national enactment and aids to effect a national object.

   If this were a merely pecuniary concern, it would be derogatory and unpleasant on one side to urge, and on the other to refuse payment; but while the difference between the parties grows only out of a mutual desire to maintain constitutional opinions, honestly entertained, there will, certainly, with high minded men, always be preserved the most friendly dispositions. It is not believed unsafe to predict that within a few years, the claim will be satisfactory adjusted through the magnanimity and justice of Congress