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Martin Van Buren: “Time has, however, changed this state of things, and has brought about a condition of affairs in which the true…”

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Time has, however, changed this state of things, and has brought about a condition of affairs in which the true interests of both countries imperatively require that this question should be put at rest.
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Martin Van Buren
Democratic · New York

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Van Buren acknowledges that changing circumstances necessitate resolving boundary questions.

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