08/08/1888
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"We can not view the pending conflict without considering...our inevitably close relations to it."
"Our people exhibit a patriotic disposition which entitles them to demand...faithful and unselfish service in their behalf."
"This government is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."
"The ownership and management by the Government of penitentiaries...have at last to a slight extent been realized."