8.
70.9
F
With such
a paré it was
imperative on us to strungle harder in
proportion
مان
the circumstances which
And certainly rendered that part excusable, became entirely changed, because, although formerly our rights in China were at all times badly defined, it is certain that they
exclusively
مل
ours
were
that the absence
of competition not only rendered them
us
lucrative
as
if they and been
firmly established, but also
them
a
gave
great appearance of dignity and solidity. These exclusive privilys, however, which by being so foolishly considered eternal prevented at that! time a full acknowledgment of our
درة كلا من
rights, terminated at last inevitable, and the nations which
quickly
came
to dispute with
us
the inexhaustible inheritance of this commerce,
learned at
cost to establish their rights solid basis, some
as
we
saw
by
every
on a
force of arms, England and France
doing lately, others by diplomacy
love, but with not less
no
energy Russia and
and perseverance the United States have done.
if
Buka that we held
because
us
it
se we saw
were
斥
the lask
Western
place in the relations nations with China, it was
necessary for
absolutely,
us to obtain that which
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