12/18/1888
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"The claims for interest upon the amount of tonnage dues illegally exacted from certain German steamship lines were favorably reported in both Houses of Congress at the last session."
"A convention between the United States and certain other powers for the protection of submarine cables was signed at Paris on March 14, 1884, and has been duly ratified and proclaimed by this Governme..."
"The moral right and duty of the United States to assist in all proper ways in the maintenance of its integrity is obvious."
"Good government has for its objects the protection of every person within its care in the greatest liberty consistent with the good order of society."