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When this competition comes we will have a diversity of industry, and a country rich in developed as well as in undeveloped resources.
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Sherman predicts that increased competition will lead to a richer and more diverse economy in the South.
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I have participated in framing many tariff bills, but have never succeeded in securing one that I entirely approved.
But some of you may say, all this is very well, but what will you do to save the Union?
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
I believe that it will give a reasonable fair protection for the great industries of agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, which lie at the basis of the prosperity of this country.
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