Firmly seated in Mexico, it would have spread through Central America to the Isthmus, controlling all canal communications between the two oceans which were the boundaries of the Union, while its growth upon the Pacific Coast would have been in direct rivalry with the natural and increasing power of the United States.
Blaine describes the strategic implications of a foreign presence in Mexico for U.S. control over canal communications.
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