If I believed in the premises he assumes, possibly though I do not think probably, I might agree with the conclusion he has reached; but, sir, I cannot believe that these States have ever been out of the Union or that they are now out of the Union.
Blaine argues against the notion that certain states were ever out of the Union during the Civil War.
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