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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... 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 kindness and humanity . He is well fed , well clothed , and ...
... 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 kindness and humanity . He is well fed , well clothed , and ...
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... 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 engaged in predatory wars against each other for the purpose of ...
... 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 engaged in predatory wars against each other for the purpose of ...
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... whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States . It is true this has been done after their own peculiar fashion ; but we ought to regard with a lenient eye the ancient ...
... whole transaction , they appear to have acted in good faith and in a friendly spirit towards the United States . It is true this has been done after their own peculiar fashion ; but we ought to regard with a lenient eye the ancient ...
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... whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men . Whilst I do not deem it proper , on the present occasion , to go further into the subject , and discuss the weight which ought to ...
... whole number of troops then on the island amounted in the aggregate to six hundred and ninety - one men . Whilst I do not deem it proper , on the present occasion , to go further into the subject , and discuss the weight which ought to ...
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... whole of Mexico , a resort to hostilities against it would have been quite justifiable , and , indeed , necessary . But the country was a prey to civil war , and it was hoped that the success of the constitutional president might lead ...
... whole of Mexico , a resort to hostilities against it would have been quite justifiable , and , indeed , necessary . But the country was a prey to civil war , and it was hoped that the success of the constitutional president might lead ...
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