Our struggle, therefore, would seem to be a spontaneous uprising
of the people for the security of a cardinal principle--a great torrent
of human movement, surging forward with the stream of political
development. History is, in its deepest heart, upon the side of unity,
and ours is a sure faith that victory will crown our efforts.
We are led further to hope that the time has come for unity, by the fact
that the European system has not as yet felt itself strong enough to
meddle in any direct manner in our affairs to the detriment of our
cause.
The fact that the political system of Europe is at present so completely
busied with its own complications, together with the fact that our own
country is so intersected by the natural and artificial channels of
commerce and general intercourse, and by the interrelation and
overlapping of interests, that there is no definite line for a fracture
to be found, while, at the same time, our armies can readily penetrate
into the enemy's country, and advance their base of supplies by means of
the great thoroughfares of trade; these are sources of encouragement,
and give us good reason to believe that the time has indeed come for the
ushering in of a new political era by the successful vindication of
American unity.
We repeat, this is the great issue of the war.
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