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with their wives and children than any other
Christian power. I informed him that public
opinion in the United States rendered my request
a very serious one, and therefore I had insisted
on having a positive answer to my demand to
send Mr Jewett to make an independent inquiry,
direct from his own lips, and not from the Porte.

He then reviewed his actions in the premises, by
noting, that to secure a judiciary from a friendly
neutral power, he had justified his answer to
the

with their wives and children that are often
Christian forver{sic}. I informed him that [being?]
Christian in the United States uneaesed {sic} my request
a very serius {sic} me, and therefore I had [ministies?]
in having a punitive answer to my demand to
send Mr Jewett to me as an independent inquiry,
[since?] given his own viws [views?], and not from the Ports.
He then reviewed his actions in the premises, by
noting, that to secure a judiciary from a friendly
neutral power, he had justified his answer to
the