THE PRESIDENT'S JUBILEE LETTER.
President Cleveland sent the following congratulation to the Queen •.—"Washington, June 21.— Governor Cleveland, President of the United States, to Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. — Great and good friend, in this Jubilee time and on behalf of the people of the United States, I present their sincere felicitations upon the arrival of the fiftieth anniversary of your Majesty's accession to the Crown of Great Britain, and I but utter the general voice of my fellow-countrymen in wishing for your people a _ prolongation of a reign so marked with advance in popular well being, physical moral ; and intellectual justice and not adulation leads me to acknowledge the debt of gratitude and respect due to your personal virtues for their important influence in producing and causing the well ordered condition of affairs now generally prevailing throughout your dominions. May your life be prolonged, and peace, honour, and prosperity bless the people over whom you have been called to rule. May liberty flourish through your Empire under just laws, and your government be strong in the affections of all who live under it, and I pray
God to have your Majesty in his holy keeping. Done at Washington this 27th day of May, A.D. 1887. Groveu Cleveland. By the President, Thos. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5993, 30 July 1887, Page 6
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225THE PRESIDENT'S JUBILEE LETTER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5993, 30 July 1887, Page 6
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