The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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Both the philanthropy and the self - interest of the master have com- bined to produce this humane result . But let this trade be reopened , and what will be the effect ? The same , to a considerable extent , as on a neighboring island ...
Both the philanthropy and the self - interest of the master have com- bined to produce this humane result . But let this trade be reopened , and what will be the effect ? The same , to a considerable extent , as on a neighboring island ...
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... our late minister , in obedience to his instructions , judiciously cooperated with the ministers of these powers in all peaceful measures to secure , by treaty , the just concessions demanded by the interests of foreign commerce .
... our late minister , in obedience to his instructions , judiciously cooperated with the ministers of these powers in all peaceful measures to secure , by treaty , the just concessions demanded by the interests of foreign commerce .
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We have been nominally at peace with that republic , but " so far as the interests of our commerce , or of our citizens who have visited the country as merchants , shipmasters , or in other capacities , are concerned , we might as well ...
We have been nominally at peace with that republic , but " so far as the interests of our commerce , or of our citizens who have visited the country as merchants , shipmasters , or in other capacities , are concerned , we might as well ...
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Will the commercial nations of the world , which have so many interests con- nected with it , remain wholly indifferent to such a result ? Can the United States , especially , which ought to share most largely in its commercial ...
Will the commercial nations of the world , which have so many interests con- nected with it , remain wholly indifferent to such a result ? Can the United States , especially , which ought to share most largely in its commercial ...
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In her fate and in her fortune - in her power to establish and maintain a settled government - we have a far deeper interest , socially , commer- cially , and politically , than any other nation . She is now a wreck upon the ocean ...
In her fate and in her fortune - in her power to establish and maintain a settled government - we have a far deeper interest , socially , commer- cially , and politically , than any other nation . She is now a wreck upon the ocean ...
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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