It would be criminal in the United States, the first to apply to practical purposes the great power which has been brought into use, to permit others to avail themselves of our improvements while we stood listlessly and supinely by.
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The country itself, thus obtained, is of incalculable value in an agricultural and commercial point of view.
I regard the question involved in these proceedings as one of vast magnitude.
I communicate to you an extract of a dispatch from Mr. Hall to the Secretary of State, which has been received by me since my message of the 3d instant, containing the pleasing intelligence that the indemnity assumed to be paid by the…
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