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So I venture to affirm the impossibility that any party in power, whether the present one or its opponent, could soon, if ever, abandon one foot of the territory gained in the late war.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid argues that no political party would willingly relinquish territory gained from war, highlighting the permanence of such acquisitions.
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