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The important words “any colony, district, or people” were introduced to cover the precise case of the revolted Spanish colonies and their precise condition at that moment, there being no question of belligerence.
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Sumner explains that the important words in the statute were meant to address the specific situation of the revolted Spanish colonies.
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