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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This might tend to barbarize , demoralize , and exasperate the whole mass , and pro- duce most deplorable consequences . The effect upon the existing slave would , if possible , be still more deplorable . At present , he is treated with ...
This might tend to barbarize , demoralize , and exasperate the whole mass , and pro- duce most deplorable consequences . The effect upon the existing slave would , if possible , be still more deplorable . At present , he is treated with ...
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The numerous victims required to supply it would convert the whole slave . coast into a perfect pandemonium , for which this country would be held responsible in the eyes both of God and man . Its petty tribes would then be constantly ...
The numerous victims required to supply it would convert the whole slave . coast into a perfect pandemonium , for which this country would be held responsible in the eyes both of God and man . Its petty tribes would then be constantly ...
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It is but simple justice to the Chi- nese authorities to observe that , throughout the whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States .
It is but simple justice to the Chi- nese authorities to observe that , throughout the whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States .
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The force was afterwards increased , so that by the last return the whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men .
The force was afterwards increased , so that by the last return the whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men .
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... shocking to the whole community . Other outrages might be enumerated , but these are sufficient to illustrate the wretched state of the country and the unprotected condition of the persons and property of our citizens in Mexico .
... shocking to the whole community . Other outrages might be enumerated , but these are sufficient to illustrate the wretched state of the country and the unprotected condition of the persons and property of our citizens in Mexico .
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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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