CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12] — Page 72

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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

the lask

Western

place in the relations nations with China, it was

necessary for

absolutely,

us to obtain that which

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