The navigation of the Mississippi was also open to the United States before the Louisiana purchase; but the growing strength of the North made the acquisition of that territory, either by purchase or by force of arms, an inevitable necessity.
In this passage, Sumner draws a parallel between historical territorial acquisitions and the necessity of acquiring new lands.
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