Every precaution was therefore taken on our part authorized by the existing laws, and as the troops of the Provinces were embodied on the Canadian side it was hoped that no serious violation of the rights of the United States would be permitted to occur.
Martin Van Buren: “Every precaution was therefore taken on our part authorized by the existing laws, and as the troops of the Provinces…”
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