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In truth he has gone as far as the most rancorous rebel leader of the South, touching the Reconstruction laws and the suffrage of the negro.
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Blaine critiques a political figure's alignment with Southern rebel leaders regarding Reconstruction laws.
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He was a lawyer in full practice, a man of the highest integrity, without fear and without reproach.
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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