I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, requesting a communication of the correspondence between this Government and France and England respecting the acquisition of Cuba by the United States.
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I submit, therefore, the expediency of the passage of a resolution authorizing the exchange of ratifications at such time as may be convenient, the limitations of the ninth article to the contrary notwithstanding.
It is manifest that if the power which this law gives had been withheld the public interest would frequently suffer very serious detriment.
The principle of the liability of Paraguay having been established by the highest political acts of the United States and that Republic in their sovereign capacity.
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