The war ceased to be national, and was directed by miserable factions.
Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The war ceased to be national, and was directed by miserable factions.”
Editor's note · Context
Garibaldi laments the shift in the nature of the conflict in Uruguay, where national unity was replaced by partisan interests.
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