The struggle, then, between the North and the South is not one of sections, and of parties, but of Principles--of principles lying at the foundations of governments--of principles that cannot coalesce, nor compromise; that must hate each other, and contend, until the one shall drive out the other.
This statement underscores the fundamental ideological conflict between the North and South during a pivotal time in American history.
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