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It proposes to cruise against a non-existent commerce, for the sake of a non-existent booty.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It proposes to cruise against a non-existent commerce, for the sake of a non-existent booty.”
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Sumner critiques a proposed bill that targets an imaginary commerce and its associated profits.
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