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Without this, mercantile houses, banks, and emigration societies, having anything to do with this region, must all fail, or at least suffer in business and resources.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He warns that without justice, economic entities will struggle or fail in their endeavors.

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