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But the victory of Douglas and the means by which it was won proved to be his destruction in the wider field of his ambition.
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Blaine reflects on the consequences of Douglas's victory in the political landscape.
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This ratio of influence went into the Electoral College, and gave to the white men of South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana double the power of that enjoyed by white men in New York, Illinois and California.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
I refer myself not to the men of my time, but to the judgment of history.
Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
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