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On the recordJanuary 8, 1843
It is difficult to say that such vessels can claim any interference of the Government in their behalf, into whosesoever hands they may happen to fall.
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David Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Under every view which I have been able to take of the subject, I think that the interests of our common constituents the people of all the States, and a love of the Union, left the Executive no other alternative than to negotiate the treaty.

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I have been influenced by what appeared to me to be the most controlling considerations of public policy and the general good.

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