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On the recordJune 30, 1890
No greater incubus can rest upon the energies of a people in the development of a new country than that resulting from unsettled land titles.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Requesting Legislation for the Adjustment of Lands Claims by Mexican Citizens in Arizona and New Mexico

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The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government have consented to leave to the future and to the just and benevolent purposes of the United States the adjustment of all such questions.

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