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What could happen better for France than to see the English and the Colonists destroy each other in a party warfare which could only augment her power and favor her interests?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “What could happen better for France than to see the English and the Colonists destroy each other in a party warfare…”
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Sumner speculates on the potential benefits for France if England and the American colonies were to weaken each other.
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