Yet they seemed incapable of understanding that if they separated from the Union they would thereby forfeit all chance of achieving the very purposes they had in view, because they would then certainly be at the mercy of Britain, and probably, at least for some time, at the mercy of Spain also.
This quote illustrates Roosevelt's warning that separation from the Union would jeopardize the states' goals and expose them to foreign powers.
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