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Mr. Andrew Johnson, who, be it remembered, is by birth

a Southerner, towards the close of his speech recommends interfer- ence in St. Domingo, and declares that the annexation of the whole island would " receive the consent of the people interested, and give satisfaction to other nations." Mr. Johnson is not afraid of any quantity of new territory, however populated, for " the prin- ciples of our Constitution are of sufficient strength and breadth to comprehend within their sphere and influence the civilized nations of the world,"—particularly, it would seem, the blacks of St. Domingo.

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