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Her creditors are now foreclosing their demands, at the cost, perhaps, of her national existence, and she turns to the United States for help.
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Sumner highlights Mexico's dire situation as it seeks assistance from the United States amidst creditor pressures.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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