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Debates on currency, policy, and constitutional reform
President Johnson cautions against depreciated paper money and taxes, notes vast land, pension, and military expenditures, and urges radical reform. He highlights Indian reservations, railroad progress, and diplomacy with Great Britain, Mexico, and Pacific nations, urging direct elections and term limits to strengthen the Union.
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Secretary of the Interior
Patent Office
Pension Office
Office
Indian Bureau
General Land Office
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Florida
Senate
Omaha
Sacramento
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Secretary of War
War Department
Brazil
Paraguay
Fe Plata
Paardbutin
Charles A. Washburne
United States
Ascension
Mr. Washburne
Wasp
Washburne
United
la Plata
South Atlantic
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Chili
Spain
South Pacific
Great Britain
France
Pacific
Congress
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Payal
Eho
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Congress of Peru
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Mexico
SE Domingo
Cuta
St. Domingo
West Indies
Russia
North Pacific Ocean
Italy
Belgium
Germany
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Wurtemburg
Baden
Hesse Darmstadt
Ottoman Empire
Hudson Bay Company
Oregon
Washington
Joint International Commission
U. S
Japan
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Barabiadre
Madrid
Union
Andrew Johnson