Our remote but glorious land between the Sierras and the sea may then become as busy a hive as New England itself, and the whole continent must take fresh life from the generous blood of this natural and necessary commerce between people of different climates and zones.
Reid envisions a thriving America benefiting from trade across diverse climates and regions.
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Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?
They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.
But why should a sensible man deal with such folly?
It will make an end forever of Spain in this hemisphere.