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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The war ceased to be national, and was directed by miserable factions.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
The war ceased to be national, and was directed by miserable factions.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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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