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It Is Interesting In Connexion With Them To Notice The

passing of one of those paroxysms which have alternated in Ame- rica with the endeavours to counteract the extension of slavery, or even to put down "the domestic institution."......

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THE GAME OF CONFERENCES. " PEACE," in its present aspect, looks almost as tangled an gloomy as war, and the " assurances " are not very assuring. The assertion is repeated over......