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long experience iii cultivation of both, it is my intention 

 to carry out the cultivation and manufacture of them. 

 The coffee plant can, as stated, be introduced from the 

 same climate as the Southern States, even colder than 

 Georgia. Of the other staples I have said all that need 

 be said ; but may simply state, it is my object to intro- 

 duce seeds or plants, or plants and seeds, of each, and I 

 only trust that the American public will assist me in the 

 object. 



I beg respectfully to mention that I am now in America 

 by the advice of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, and if the 

 reader has time, he may see the correspondence between 

 that gentleman and myself in the Patent Office Report of 

 1850-51. 



The area of all America is 8,896,000,000 acres. The 

 United States already possess one fourth of that sur- 

 face nearly ; and as the people are the only strong party 

 on the whole Continent, Spanish power must give way. 

 Brazil must succumb to the general movement; the 

 Canadas and England are on the eve of separation. Who 

 is there to fill up the places of these foreign powers 1 

 This Union, if preserved from Disunionists and Abolition- 

 ists, will spread like the young banyan tree over the soil. 

 Each branch will put forth its root, and each root will 

 become a stem of the great parent tree, and all will be 

 peace and happiness. If Europe be agitated, let Amer- 

 ica sit tranquil and dignified. Her duties lie within her 

 own confines, and within the interests of her commercial 

 intercourse. The opium trade should be suppressed, 

 not by war, but by the moral censure of every honest 

 American. 



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