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Teddy Roosevelt: “Had this intolerant sectional feeling ever prevailed and been adopted as the policy of the Atlantic States, the West…”

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Had this intolerant sectional feeling ever prevailed and been adopted as the policy of the Atlantic States, the West would have revolted, and would have been right in revolting.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that had sectional intolerance prevailed, the West would have justifiably revolted against the Atlantic States.

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