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I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

Spain failed to maintain her title to the security she had pledged, but the lenders knew the instability of that security when they risked their money on it.

Is that the feast to be set before the laboring men of this country?