For the present States of the Union it would be an act of folly like that of a business firm which blindly steered for bankruptcy by freely admitting to full partnership new members, strangers, and non-residents, not only otherwise ill qualified, but with absolutely conflicting interests.
Reid compares the admission of new territories to a business making poor decisions that lead to bankruptcy.
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