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much sympathy.  

It is noticeable among the lower classes of the table-land region that there is but little evidence of self respect among them. They cheat, lie & beg with utter shamelessness & seem to feel that to get a penny by such means is a commendable action. This must arise from the state orphanage they occupied so long & the position they now occupy of ignorant hopeless servitude.

In a recent report of Señor M. Romero, [[strikethrough]] he states [[/strikethrough]] Sec'y of the Treasury, he states that owing to the cheapness of