Besides, the Carolina sea-coast must have a seaport, and Charleston is so utterly ruined, they argue, and so odious to the nation that Northern trade and capital would discriminate against it, in favor of its younger rival.
Reid argues that Charleston's decline opens opportunities for a new seaport to thrive.
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