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superior energy, enterprise, and intelligence won the 
day, and, it must be admitted, most deservedly; but 
in the latter, diplomacy and intrigue'; alternate bully¬ 
ing and cajolery; fraud and deceit; petty aggression 
and retaliation; the whole culminating in wanton out¬ 
rage and undignified submission,—have characterized 
the efforts which have been and are still being made 
to open this route. 
