But separate our common country into two nations, as designed by the present rebellion, and every man of this great interior region is thereby cut off from one or more of these outlets,--not perhaps by a physical barrier, but by embarrassing and onerous trade regulations.
In his annual message, Lincoln warned that dividing the nation would severely restrict the vital trade access of the interior region through burdensome regulations.
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I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.
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