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To destroy their union was to resolve them into worse than colonial disintegration.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “To destroy their union was to resolve them into worse than colonial disintegration.”
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Blaine warns that destroying the union would lead to severe consequences for the states involved.
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