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AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
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for maritime and manufacturing supremacy on the
American continent.
These ideas are not speculative: I have heard
them openly expressed at different times and places,
when travelling through the United States; and the
knowledge of the fact that they are current, while
it can do no harm, may assist in warding off the
contingency to which they refer. Let me hope that
it will have the effect of inducing my countrymen
to adopt a policy diametrically opposite to that of
Mr. Webster and the Northern manufacturers. It
will be in their power, by adjusting their commercial
relations with the United States on the basis
of an equitable reciprocity, to dispel the cloud of
war, and to unite in bonds indissoluble two kindred
nations (the greatest in the world), whose comprehensive
interests are not antagonist, and who cannot
engage in mortal conflict without making the whole
globe the theatre of their vindictive and desolating
passions, and arresting the progress of civilization.
Washington, during the session of Congress, is
the scene of much gaiety, but I was soon glad to
escape from balls and parties. The most brilliant
entertainment I attended was given by the Russian
Minister, Mr. Bodisco, who certainly carried away
the palm from the corps diplomatique in providing
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Kennedy, William. Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1, book, January 1, 1841; London. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/m1/29/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.