Whitelaw Reid: “The national prestige is enormously increased, and trade follows…”

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The national prestige is enormously increased, and trade follows prestige--especially in the farther East.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid claims that national prestige leads to increased trade, particularly in the East.

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But proofs were not wanting of the spirit in which, to the very last, the conflict against the Government had been waged.

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

Is that the feast to be set before the laboring men of this country?

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Whitelaw Reid: “The national prestige is enormously increased, and trade follows prestige--especially in the farther East.”