The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-14

:. DEMoCRATICl MONTHLY REVIEW"
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oil fairness and candor all the leading measures OF
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The present condition Of the nations of Europe
and the attitude in which some Of them stand to-
wards certain portions of this continent have in
vested our foreign relations with the utmost i'm
portance. Never was THE Government placed in a
situation OF more critical difficulty than at the
present moment. The m st inflexible irmness
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with those Of Europe. We confidently trust the
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watch with unsleeping eye the progress of affairs
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