Above all, they repel the idea that there exists between the two sections of the Union such an incompatibility of institutions as to give rise to an irrepressible conflict between them, which can only terminate in the subjugation of one or the other.
This statement rejects the notion of an inevitable conflict between the North and South, advocating for unity instead.
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