The separatist agitators failed to see that they could obtain the objects they sought, the opening of the Mississippi and the acquisition of Louisiana, only through the Federal Government, and only by giving that Government full powers.
This passage illustrates Roosevelt's argument that separatist agitators misunderstood the necessity of federal support for their goals.
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