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He hoped the Yankees would come down with their money and machinery, and have good luck growing cotton, for their good luck would now be good luck to everybody.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “He hoped the Yankees would come down with their money and machinery, and have good luck growing cotton, for their good…”
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Reid shares a hopeful sentiment about the economic potential of the South with the arrival of Northern investment.
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