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If the population of Mexico and Canada were homogenous with ours, the union of the three countries would make the whole the most powerful nation in the world.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “If the population of Mexico and Canada were homogenous with ours, the union of the three countries would make the whole…”
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Sherman speculates on the power of a unified North America if the populations were more similar.
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Though my grateful thanks are due to them and have been often expressed, yet I have felt, as they do, that my duty was to the whole country.
If my life is prolonged I will do all I can to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, but nothing to extend its limits or to add new dangers by acquisition of foreign territory.
Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.
The events of the future are beyond the vision of mankind, but I hope our people will be content with internal growth, and avoid the complications of foreign acquisitions.
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