In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this country cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
Stevenson reflects on the inevitability of a national crisis regarding slavery, emphasizing the division within the country.
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