ABSTRACT
As 1 am about to enter upon this debate once more, let me proclaim it repeatedly right at the outset that the union is an idea we must insist on until the ears of all, the souls of all, have taken it in completely. It's impossible to say too much on behalf of the union, such a wonderful thing to contemplate and worthy of so much care - [yet also] an arduous thing and fuH of difficulties. It's not something which is sure to be completed, nor is it something tllat we can simply shrug off. It creates uneasiness, perhaps, among foreigners. They may work to undermine the union or break it off. And in itself it's a troublesome thing as one would expect in such an endeavor - perhaps almost impossible because of the long-standing enmity between the two peoples, unless hatred is banished and love laboriously takes its place along with its bonds of obligation and common sense. Is there anyone who dares to think that the union can be brought about by force or by some sort of cosmetic disguise? Neither ofthese will last. Force on the one side will be confronted by force on the other, no matter what the cost may be. And an agreement on the union simply for the sake of appearances has no more chance of permanence than a woman's artificial complexion in aspring shower. And needless to say, there will always be the nay-sayers.
