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A large commercial city will spring up to which we will be tributary without receiving corresponding benefits, and then will be seen the folly of our rejecting so great a prize.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A large commercial city will spring up to which we will be tributary without receiving corresponding benefits, and then…”
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Sumner predicts that rejecting the acquisition of San Domingo will lead to economic disadvantages for the United States.
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