Thus it is that in the progress of time the inestimable principles of civil liberty will be enjoyed by millions yet unborn and the great benefits of our system of government be extended to now distant and uninhabited regions.
He envisions a future where civil liberties are enjoyed by future generations and extended to new territories.
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I congratulate the country upon so happy a termination of a condition of things which seemed at one time seriously to threaten the public peace.
The great question is—not as to the manner in which it shall be done, but whether it shall be accomplished or not.
I have great pleasure in submitting to the Senate, for its ratification and approval, a treaty which has been concluded between Mr. Cushing, the United States commissioner, and the Chinese Empire.
The responsibility of deciding this question is now devolved upon you.
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