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The Colonization scheme deliberately proposed to strip the United States of patient, faithful laborers, acclimated to the cotton and sugar fields of the South, and capable of adding great wealth to the nation.
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Blaine warns that the colonization scheme would deprive the U.S. of valuable laborers and economic contributors.
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