Special Message
02/04/1861
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In view of this fact it was deemed preferable to instruct our new minister to negotiate a new treaty which should omit t...
the country has been eminently prosperous in all its material interests.
The weight of these mails, averaging from 12 to 15 tons semi-monthly, renders it, in view of the climate and character o...
I have long foreseen and often forewarned my countrymen of the now impending danger.