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They would upon deliberation shrink with unaffected horror from any conscious act of disunion or civil war.
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gutenberg.orgFranklin Pierce: “They would upon deliberation shrink with unaffected horror from any conscious act of disunion or civil war.”
Editor's note · Context
Pierce suggests that people would recoil from the idea of civil war or disunion upon reflection.
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