Because they would have access to land and water
Answer:
The South tried to win foreign allies through cotton diplomacy.
Explanation:
The seven senators who opposed the deal of the century—all of them Federalists—objected to Jefferson's exercise of executive authority in the absence of any specific constitutional authorization. Delaware senator Samuel White warned further that relocating settlers two or three thousand miles away from the capital might alienate their affections for the Union.
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