In order to prevent any abuse of the power granted to the chiefs in the fifth article of the treaty, I recommend the adoption of the suggestion contained in the accompanying letter of the Secretary of War
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I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretations
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
The Government of the United States is ever anxious to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations; but it proceeds on the principle that all nations have the right to alter, amend, or change their own government as the sovereign…
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