But this, perhaps, will ever be the case, till some misfortune awakens us into reason, and the instance now before us is but a gentle beginning of what America must expect, unless she guards her union with nicer care and stricter honor.
Paine warns that America faces future misfortunes unless it diligently protects its national union.
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