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Teddy Roosevelt: “At the pinch the majority of the Westerners remained loyal to the idea of national unity; but there was a very strong…”

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At the pinch the majority of the Westerners remained loyal to the idea of national unity; but there was a very strong separatist party, and there were very many men who, though not separatists, were disposed to grumble loudly about the shortcomings of the Federal government.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the loyalty of Westerners to national unity despite the presence of a strong separatist sentiment.

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