There is only a paper independence, which, though reddened with blood, is no better than a paper empire or a paper blockade; and any pretended recognition of it is a wrongful intervention, inconsistent with just neutrality, since the obvious effect must be to encourage the insurgent party.
Sumner critiques the notion of 'paper independence' as a falsehood that undermines true neutrality.
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