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John Tyler: “The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the…”

On the recordDecember 9, 1844
The negotiation failed, however, in this particular, out of no disinclination to abide by the terms of the treaty on the part of the Zollverein, but from a belief that it would not fully comport with its dignity to do so.
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John Tyler
Whig · Virginia

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