It is a tribute of honor to the Supreme Court that through all the mutations of its existence only a single Justice has proved unfaithful to the Union of the States; and prior to the war three-fifths of all the Justices were appointed from the South.
Blaine acknowledges the loyalty of the Supreme Court Justices to the Union, noting the rarity of disloyalty among them.
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