And vain, also, will be that other European cry,--whether from an intemperate press or the cautious lips of statesmen,--that separation is inevitable, and that our Government is doomed to witness the dismemberment of the Republic.
Sumner dismisses the notion of inevitable separation of the states, countering pessimistic views from Europe.
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