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And here , we may premise that the subject is one which deeply concerns the
interest of every part of the region watered by the Mississippi , from its remotest
sources at the base of the Rocky Mountain to the Gulf of Mexico ; and , also , the ...
And here , we may premise that the subject is one which deeply concerns the
interest of every part of the region watered by the Mississippi , from its remotest
sources at the base of the Rocky Mountain to the Gulf of Mexico ; and , also , the ...
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With her natural advantages , aided by a liberal system of internal improvements ,
she would have remained the Queen of the Southwest , united , in sympathy and
interest with those whom she had conciliated and attached to herself by the ...
With her natural advantages , aided by a liberal system of internal improvements ,
she would have remained the Queen of the Southwest , united , in sympathy and
interest with those whom she had conciliated and attached to herself by the ...
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We are far from regarding the foreign trade of the United States in a light as
favorable as it is viewed by many of our contemporaries ; but if it must be
enconraged to the injury of our manufacturing and mining interests , we desire
that the ...
We are far from regarding the foreign trade of the United States in a light as
favorable as it is viewed by many of our contemporaries ; but if it must be
enconraged to the injury of our manufacturing and mining interests , we desire
that the ...
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three pass over the coal region , so that the question of location depends entirely
upon other than local interests . Your line will connect the two great commercial
and money capitals of the Mississippi basin ; it will , therefore , at its completion ...
three pass over the coal region , so that the question of location depends entirely
upon other than local interests . Your line will connect the two great commercial
and money capitals of the Mississippi basin ; it will , therefore , at its completion ...
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Southern Route to the Pacific Recent events have placed the project of a rail road
from the lower Mississippi to the Pacific in a light more favorable to the interests
of Missouri than we have formerly regarded it . The actual commencement of the
...
Southern Route to the Pacific Recent events have placed the project of a rail road
from the lower Mississippi to the Pacific in a light more favorable to the interests
of Missouri than we have formerly regarded it . The actual commencement of the
...
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