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John Tyler: “Our own interests are involved in the matter, since, however neutral may be our course of policy, we can not hope to…”

On the recordDecember 4, 1843
Our own interests are involved in the matter, since, however neutral may be our course of policy, we can not hope to escape the effects of a spirit of jealousy on the part of both of the powers.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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Third Annual Message

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