Had the short-sighted advocates of peace for the moment had their way, and secession become an actual fact, nothing could have prevented a repetition in North America of the devastating anarchic warfare that obtained for three quarters of a century in South America after the yoke of Spain was thrown off.
Roosevelt warns that without decisive action against secession, North America could have faced prolonged chaos similar to South America's post-colonial struggles.
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