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be. as its title indicates. Democratic: ard one
of its main objects is to elucidate the true
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all the leading measures of the present ad-
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sunrort. Should we. however. unfortunately
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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 a situation of moro
critical difficulty than at tic present moment
/ The most infexihle irmness far-secing wis
dom. and adroit skill will he required TO avoid
complicatinc our interest and affairs with
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administration will he equal TO the task We
shall watch with uns'eeping eve the progress
Of affairs in Mexico and the West Indies.
Here alone is our vulnerable point
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