Advantages to the Pacific Coast.--Foremost in order, if not in importance, I put the desires of our fellow-citizens on the Pacific coast, and the special advantages they will derive from this enlargement of boundary.
Sumner highlights the specific benefits that the Pacific Coast residents will gain from territorial expansion.
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