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No public duty is more urgent at this moment than to resist from the very outset the concession of such a possibility.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “No public duty is more urgent at this moment than to resist from the very outset the concession of such a possibility.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid emphasizes the urgency of resisting the idea of admitting new territories as states from the outset.
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