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On the recordMarch 5, 1878
If, therefore, the Government is compelled to go to trial at the special term provided for by this bill, the United States must be defeated for want of time and means to make preparation for the proper vindication of its rights.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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