Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-11
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The present condition of the nations of
Europe. and the attitude in which some of
them stand towards certain portions of this
continent, have invested our foreign relations
with the utmost Importance. Never was this
Government placed in situation of more
critical difficulty than at the present moment
The most infexible frnness. far-seeing wis
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of affairs in Mexico and the West Indies.
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