From that time, if the unreconciled nationalities
are geographically separate, and especially if their local position is
such that there is no natural fitness or convenience in their being
under the same government (as in the case of an Italian province under
a French or German yoke), there is not only an obvious propriety, but,
if either freedom or concord is cared for, a necessity, for breaking
the connection altogether. There may be cases in which the
provinces, after separation, might usefully remain united by a federal
tie: but it generally happens that if they are willing to forego
complete independence, and become members of a federation, each of
them has other neighbours with whom it would prefer to connect itself,
having more sympathies in common, if not also greater community of
interest.
Chapter 17
Of Federal Representative Governments.
PORTIONS OF mankind who are not fitted, or not disposed, to live
under the same internal government, may often with advantage be
federally united as to their relations with foreigners: both to
prevent wars among themselves, and for the sake of more effectual
protection against the aggression of powerful States.
To render a federation advisable, several conditions are
necessary. The first is, that there should be a sufficient amount of
mutual sympathy among the populations.
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