If they produce in one section of the country what is called for by the wants of another section, and this other section can supply the wants of the first, they are not matters of discord, but bonds of union, true bonds of union.
In a debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained how economic interdependence between different regions of the country strengthens national unity.
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