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On the recordJanuary 16, 1896
The Government should not be prevented from going into the courts to right wrongs perpetrated by its agents or any other parties.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Jan 31, 1897

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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Jan 24, 1897

I transmit herewith, in response to the Senate resolution of December 21, 1896, addressed to the Secretary of State, a report of that officer covering a list of persons claiming to be citizens of the United States who have been arrested on the island of Cuba since February 24, 1895, to the present time.

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Feb 23, 1897

all extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol

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Jan 10, 1897

I transmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration of all matters in difference between the United States and Great Britain.

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