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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... present , he is treated with kindness and humanity . He is well fed , well clothed , and not overworked . His condition is incomparably better than that of the coolies which modern nations of high civilization have employed as a ...
... present , he is treated with kindness and humanity . He is well fed , well clothed , and not overworked . His condition is incomparably better than that of the coolies which modern nations of high civilization have employed as a ...
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... faithfully redeemed . On the arrival of Mr. Ward at Peking he requested an audience of the emperor to present his letter of credence . This he did not obtain , in consequence of his very proper refusal to 8 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT .
... faithfully redeemed . On the arrival of Mr. Ward at Peking he requested an audience of the emperor to present his letter of credence . This he did not obtain , in consequence of his very proper refusal to 8 ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT .
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... present occasion that our difficulties with Great Britain , arising out of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty , had been finally adjusted in a manner alike honorable and satisfactory to both parties . From causes , however , which the ...
... present occasion that our difficulties with Great Britain , arising out of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty , had been finally adjusted in a manner alike honorable and satisfactory to both parties . From causes , however , which the ...
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... present occasion , to go further into the subject , and discuss the weight which ought to be attached to the statements of the British colonial authorities , contesting the accu- racy of the information on which the gallant general ...
... present occasion , to go further into the subject , and discuss the weight which ought to be attached to the statements of the British colonial authorities , contesting the accu- racy of the information on which the gallant general ...
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... present year . Some of these were only worthy of a barbarous age , and if they had not been clearly proven , would have seemed impossible in a country which claims to be civilized . Of this description was the brutal massacre in April ...
... present year . Some of these were only worthy of a barbarous age , and if they had not been clearly proven , would have seemed impossible in a country which claims to be civilized . Of this description was the brutal massacre in April ...
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