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" has existed to a considerable
extent, extortion has often been - "shamelessly practised; and Trade
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" has been hampered by
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an
unintelligent Customs system, bally administered. Under the
administration of French Officers
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there is hope that the resources
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the country will be opened up;
of
that the communications between
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the coast and the interior will
be improved; that justice will be
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more
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equitably administered ; that
slavery will cease to exist; and
that
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"that the benighted and degraded
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natives, - feeble
feeble successors to the race that left the imposing ~
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Mion numente
of
their labour and
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" skill presented by the famous
A
ruins at Angeer and other places,
will be brought to an
appreciation
of the blessings of civilization and
education?
3.
Especially while I
my
hold my present post, it is duty to consider the probable. effect of the extension of the French dominion in this quarter
of