12/29/1842
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"In reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th December, I transmit herewith the accompanying letter"
"Far remote from the dominions of European powers, its growth and prosperity as an independent state may yet be in a high degree useful to all whose trade is extended to those regions;"
"Considering, therefore, that the United States possesses so large a share of the intercourse with those islands, it is deemed not unfit to make the declaration that their Government seeks, nevertheles..."
"The exports, too, from the United States to China constitute an interesting and growing part of the commerce of the country."