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Those nations, however, not improbably saw from the first that it was the Union which made as well our foreign as our domestic commerce.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “Those nations, however, not improbably saw from the first that it was the Union which made as well our foreign as our…”
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Lincoln asserts that the Union is essential for both domestic and foreign commerce.
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