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On the recordJanuary 10, 1897
The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of right will thus be tried under the happiest auspices.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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I transmit herewith, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of correspondence concerning the arrest, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to perpetual imprisonment in chains of Jules Sanguily, a citizen of the United States, by the authorities of Spain in Cuba.

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