12/29/1842
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"I felt it to be my duty to arrest that progress, to rescue the immunity of the American flag from the danger which hung over it."
"It is far better by other means to supersede any supposed necessity or any motive for such examination or visit."
"No application or request has been made to this Government to become a party to this treaty."
"It is not to be supposed that excited attention to public and national transactions or general political discussions in Europe on subjects open to all the world are known only in consequence of privat..."