On the record
It is not true that, in the final decision as to any one step in the great movement hitherto, our interests have been first or chiefly considered.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “It is not true that, in the final decision as to any one step in the great movement hitherto, our interests have been…”
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Reid critiques the notion that American interests were prioritized in expansionist decisions.
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